chuck

Meaning

Noun

1. Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
2. (slang) Food.
3. A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

Verb

1. To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
2. To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

Verb

1. To make a clucking sound.
2. To call, as a hen her chickens.
3. (obsolete) To chuckle; to laugh.

Verb

1. To touch or tap gently.
2. (informal) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
3. To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
4. (informal) To discard, to throw away.
5. (informal) To jilt; to dump.
6. (informal) To give up; to stop doing; to quit.
7. (slang) To vomit.
8. (slang) To leave; to depart; to bounce.
9. On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

Synonyms

toss

throw

caress

pat

cast

stroke

fling

fondle

pitch

hurl

throw away

cackle

tap

upchuck

cluck

puke

retch

heave

throw up

discard

regurgitate

barf

vomit

disgorge

grub

regorge

be sick

cast aside

cast off

cat

😺

chow

chum

cuddle

ditch

eats

flick

flip

groundhog

honk

hug

launch

lob

marmot

pet

project

purge

sick

🤢

sling

snog

spew

thrust

woodchuck

spue

vomit up

junk

wing

🪽

adapter socket

lump

lunge

yak

mollycoddle

pass

dab

Ralph

crash

plop

prod

toss one’s cookies

propel

coddle

toss away

put away

putt

clap

👏

clamp

🗜️

repudiation

chock

retire

scrap

shoot

shy

holding chuck

skim

sky

barrage

chunder

soothe

spat

touch fondly

sphincter

stab

catapult

taw

cast out

cast away

throw out

cashier

clamping chuck

tip

dump

cartridge

eject

fare

fleet

trash

drop

cackling

fly

✈️

dispose

food

🍽️

get rid of

vice

dismissal

dismiss

holder

vise

blandish

dandle

jab

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃʌk/

Etymology

Variant of chock.