Chuck (hwazhe)

chuck (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chuck) noun (plural chucks) - (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal. - (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder. noun (plural chucks) - (dialect) A chicken, a hen. - A clucking sound. - (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment. Are you all right, chuck? - Shakespeare Pray, chuck, come hither. - A gentle touch or tap. She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin. - (informal) A casual throw. - (slang) An act of vomiting. - (cricket) A throw, an incorrect bowling action. verb (chucks, chucking; past and past participle chucked) - To make a clucking sound. - To call, as a hen her chickens. - To touch or tap gently. - (transitive) To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner. Chuck that magazine to me, would you? - (transitive) To discard, to throw away. This food′s gone off - you′d better chuck it. - (intransitive) To vomit. - (intransitive) To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action. - (South Africa) To leave; to depart; to bounce. Let's chuck. - (obsolete) To chuckle; to laugh. - 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. noun (plural chucks) - abbreviation of woodchuck noun (plural chucks) - (Scotland) A small pebble. synonyms - chuckstone, chuckiestone Chuck noun - A diminutive of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage. - (Canada) The city of Edmonton (so named because of the large Ukrainian population; -chuk (-чук) is common suffix in Ukrainian surnames). noun (plural chucks) - (countable) a Chuck Taylor shoe (usually referred to in plural form, Chucks). ======== Text generated by the application English Dictionary https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=livio.pack.lang.en_US