noun
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Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
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Food.
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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
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To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
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To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
noun
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A chicken, a hen.
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A clucking sound.
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A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
example
Are you all right, chuck?
verb
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To make a clucking sound.
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To call, as a hen her chickens.
noun
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A gentle touch or tap.
example
She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
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A casual throw.
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A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
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An act or instance of vomiting.
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On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
verb
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To touch or tap gently.
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To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
example
Chuck that magazine to me, would you?
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To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
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To discard, to throw away.
example
This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it.
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To jilt; to dump.
example
She's chucked me for another man!
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To vomit.
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To leave; to depart; to bounce.
example
Let's chuck.
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To chuckle; to laugh.
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On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
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A small pebble.
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(in the plural) Money.
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A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.