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Chuck
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
(2):
(n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
(3):
(n.) A small pebble; - called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
(4):
(n.) A slight blow or pat under the chin.
(5):
(n.) A short throw; a toss.
(6):
(n.) A sudden, small noise.
(7):
(v. i.) To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
(8):
(v. i.) To chuckle; to laugh.
(9):
(v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens.
(10):
(n.) The chuck or call of a hen.
(11):
(v. t.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
(12):
(n.) A word of endearment; - corrupted from chick.
(13):
(n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast.
(14):
(n.) A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
(15):
(v. t.) To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Chuck'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/chuck.html. 1828.