Chuck

English Meaning

To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

1. To pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.
2. To throw or toss: chucked stones into the water.
3. Informal To throw out; discard: chucked my old sweater.
4. Informal To force out; eject: chucking out the troublemakers.
5. Informal To give up; quit: chucked her job.
6. An affectionate pat or squeeze under the chin.
7. A throw, toss, or pitch.
8. A cut of beef extending from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.
9. A clamp that holds a tool or the material being worked in a machine such as a lathe.
10. A clamping device for holding a drill bit.
11. Informal Food.
12. To make a clucking sound.
13. A clucking sound.