chalk

Meaning

Noun

1. A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
2. A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
3. Tailor's chalk.
4. A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃).
5. A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
6. The favorite in a sporting event.
7. The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.

Verb

1. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
2. To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
3. To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
4. To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
5. To manure (land) with chalk.
6. To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.

Synonyms

lime

crayon

🖍️

charcoal

chicken feed

meth

crank

Methedrine

deoxyephedrine

methamphetamine hydrochloride

shabu

glass

trash

ice

🧊

chalky

methamphetamine

pencil

📝

speed

spot

whitening

drawing chalk

notch up

take notice

consisting of chalk

chk

creta

Tailor’s chalk

chalk-colored

chalk-coloured

mark

blaze

chaulk

check

gypsum

indicate

jot

jot down

label

🏷️

lead

limestone

loam

make a note

blanch

note

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɔːk/

Etymology

From Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.