Chuck

Definition: Chuck

Chuck

Noun

1. Informal terms for a meal.

2. The part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.

3. A holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill.

Verb

1. Throw carelessly; "chuck the ball".

2. Throw away (slang); "Chuck these old notes".

3. Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, esp. under the chin.

4. Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Chuck" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a man".

Date "chuck" was first used: 1593. (references)

Note: Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), noun. 1. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstoneand chuckiestone. [Scottish]. (references)

Mechanical Engineering

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Public Administration

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Chuck

Ejection

Vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf; belch out; cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god.

Endearment

Verb: caress, fondle, pet, dandle; pat, pat on the head, pat on the cheek; chuck under the chin, smile upon, coax, wheedle, cosset, coddle, cockle; make of, make much of; cherish, foster, kill with kindness.

Intention

Risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for;risk, venture, hazard, stake; ante; lay, lay a wager; make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for; play at chuck farthing.

Drawing lots; sortilegy, sortition; sortes, sortes Virgilianae; rouge et noir, hazard, ante, chuck-a-luck, crack-loo, craps, faro, roulette, pitch and toss, chuck, cup tossing, heads or tails cross and pile, poker-dice; wager; bet, betting; gambling; the turf.

Regression

Verb: propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl; flirt, fillip.

Crosswords: Chuck

Manx (chuck), Swedish (chuck).

Chuck, I had a double burger (Good Will Hunting; writing credit: Matt Damon; Ben Affleck)

Ecchh! That's like finding out there was a Chuck Hitler (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro)

Tell me, Chuck, ever thought of starring in a sequel to The Ten Commandments (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin)

I remember hearing through the grapevine, that your mother was going to have dinner at Chuck Pacarello's (Everybody Loves Raymond; writing credit: Joe Bolster)

I thought you said friend; Chuck is just a friend (Legally Blonde; writing credit: Karen McCullah Lutz)

Chuck E's in love with the little girl who's singing this song (Chuck E's in love; performing artist: Rickie Lee Jones)

I think Chuck E's in love (Chuck E's in love; performing artist: Rickie Lee Jones)

I might be in Chuck T's, or the chuckers (Can't Deny It; performing artist: Fabolous)

Chuck i'm convinced, you're my down ass bitch (Down Ass Bitch; performing artist: Ja Rule)

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? (references; author: unknown)

Chuck Bannister (1965)

How much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck (1976)

Chuck E's in Love (performing artist: Rickie Lee Jones)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck Berry (reference)

• Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of Animated Cartoonist (reference)

• Chuck Murphy's Black Cat, White Cat: A Pop-Up Book of Opposites (reference)

• Chuck Murphy's Bow Wow: A Pop-Up Book of Shapes (reference)

• Chuck Murphy's Color Surprises: A Pop-Up Book (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Chuck Schadens Nostalgia Digest And Radio Guide (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Chuck Berry - Hail Hail Rock 'n' Roll (reference)

• Chuck Amuck: The Movie (reference)

• Chuck Jones - Extremes and In-Betweens, a Life in Animation (reference)

• Chuck Mangione: The Feeling's Back (reference)

• Chuck Close: A Portrait in Progress (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• I Remember Chuck Willis/The King of the Stroll (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Chuck Rock (reference)

• Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Drill Doctor 500SPK 3/32" - 1/2" Precision Drill Bit Sharpener with FREE Left Handed Chuck, Carrying Case, How-to-Video a $89.99 value (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Chuck Urban fishing for redfish in Laguna Madre. Credit: Fisheries.

Former "Good Morning America" host David Hartman, left, retired Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager, center, and retired Maj. Gen. Joe Engle shared a laugh while they discussed their role in aviation history, recently at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (Phot.

Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General John W. Handy, presents actor Chuck Norris with the "Veteran of the Year" award at the American Veteran awards show Dec. 12 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (P.; photo by Lou Hernandez)..

Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager and Col. Chris Seat.

Staff Sgt. Rich Cory, Staff Sgt. William Hight and Staff Sgt. Chuck Smith.

Chuck Leinen, NRCS engineer, talks with homeowners in Washington Co following completion of berm rehabilation needed to eliminate risk caused by flash flooding of creek directly behind housing development. Emergency Watershed Program provided the needed s. Credit: Bob Nichols.

NRCS Grasslands Specialist Chuck Stanly and explaining range management practices on an intensive grazing system in Oklahoma. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

Far shot of Rock Chuck, Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey.

Proud adopter, Chuck John, shows off his adopted Kiger Mustang in Longview, WA adoption and horse show. Credit: Mark Armstrong.

"BLM employee Chuck Fairchild helps restore an interpretation sign". Credit: Saundra Miles.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

Many British vacationers are horse lovers and are interested in experiencing the American West through western-style riding, dude ranches, chuck wagon barbecues, and the other ranch vacation attractions. (references)

Economic History

China

Two main markets exist for imported beef muscle-meat cuts: the first, accounting for 60 percent of beef muscle-meat imports, are lower end cuts (short plate and chuck eye roll) used for Chinese hot pot; the second are table cuts such as rib-eye, sirloin and tenderloin. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "chuck": buffer chuck ♦ chuck away ♦ chuck Berry ♦ chuck chuck! ♦ chuck down ♦ chuck down the drain ♦ Chuck farthing ♦ chuck flange ♦ Chuck hole ♦ chuck in ♦ chuck it in ♦ chuck it! ♦ chuck jaw ♦ chuck out ♦ Chuck rib ♦ chuck short ribs ♦ chuck smb. out ♦ chuck smb. under the chin ♦ chuck up ♦ chuck up the sponge ♦ chuck wagon ♦ clamp in a chuck ♦ collet chuck ♦ concentric jaw chuck ♦ drill chuck ♦ Eccentric chuck ♦ Elliptic chuck ♦ face chuck ♦ Fork chuck ♦ give smb. the chuck ♦ grip in a chuck ♦ hold in a chuck ♦ jaw chuck ♦ Meyers Chuck ♦ oval chuck ♦ play at chuck farthing ♦ rotating chuck ♦ scroll chuck ♦ split chuck ♦ spring chuck ♦ universal chuck. Additional references.

Beginning with "chuck": chuck-ball, chuck-chuck, chuck-chuck-chuck, chuck-farthing, chuck-full, chuck-hole, chuck-up, Chuck-Will's-widow.

Ending with "chuck": chuck-chuck, chuck-chuck-chuck, wellie-chuck.

Afrikaans

aai (ah, caress, flatter, fondle, oh, ow, stroke). (various references)

Albanian

ushqim (aliment, alimentation, alimony, allowance, chow, comestible, cuisine, diet, dish, eatables, eating, fare, feed, feeding, food, foodstuff, grub, input, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pot luck, provender, repast, supply, sustenance, table, tack, Tommy), shpatull (scapula, shoulder, shoulder blade, spatula, spoonbill, spreader), pushim (break, cease, cessation, discharge, dismissal, dismission, intermission, leave, letup, outage, pause, playtime, recess, recreation, relaxation, reprieve, respite, rest, standstill, stoppage), para (ahead, before, beforehand, cash, contribution, currency, dough, Duff, forward, in face of, in front of, kale, loot, mammon, money, necessary, oil, oof, pelf, roll, shekels, shell, shiners, siller, splosh, stiff, the almighty), nofull (chap, jaw, jawbone, jowl, maxillary), ndjellje (cluck, enticement, evocation, forbidding), mandrinë (mandrel, mandril), lë (allow, break off, cut, drop, dump, give up, grant, jilt, jump, leave, let, let by, Miss, omit, overjump, overleap, Park, pass up, permit, put, quit, release, relinquish, resign, tek pupa, vacate, yield), heq dorë (abdicate, cede, depart, drop it, give oneself up to, give up, kick, let up, release, remise, resign, tek pupa), hedhje (Bob, buck, cast, dart, dash, disposal, drop, fling, flirt, hop, hurl, jerk, launch, leap, lunge, lurch, pitch, pounce, precipitation, projection, put, skip, throw, throwing, toss), hedh (aim, cast, cheat, dart, dash, diddle, discard, dispose of, down-load, drop, evade, flash, fling, flip, fob, fob off, have, heave, hose, hurl, land, launch, pitch, pour out, project, push, rain, release, scrap, send, set down, sink, sling, spill, sprinkle, strew, swing, tap, throw, throw away, throw down, throw over, toss, touch off, transfer, winnow), gur i rrumbullakët, flak (cast, cast off, clear out, fling, heave, hurl, pitch, reject, scrap, throw, throw away), braktis (cast away, cast off, desert, drop out, fall away, forsake, jilt, lay down, let go, relinquish, renounce, tek pupa, throw over). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تركه فجأة (pack), ‏تربيتة تحت الذقن إلخ, ‏سنفرق, ‏طعام (aliment, common, eatables, eating, fare, feed, food, kosher, meat, nourishment, provender, ration), ‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), ‏صرف (absolute, count, creak, dismiss, dismissal, double, downright, earn, exchange, groan, pay, pay away, pure, put out, receive, resolve, scrape, shake, shrift, sterling, turn away, unadulterated, unalloyed, vent, withdraw), ‏جانب من الذبيجة, ‏إستقال (demit, go on pension, quit, resign), ‏رمية قصيرة, ‏رمى (bin, bowl along, cast, cast down, discard, lance, pitch, pop, project, sling, strike in, sweep, throw, tilt), ‏ظرف في الميكانيكا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

уволнение (chop, discharge, dismissal, dismission, gate, muster out, release, separation, walking orders), храна (aliment, board, boarding, chow, diet, dietary, eating, edibles, fare, feed, fodder, food, fuel, meal, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, rations, scran, sustenance, tack, viands, victuals), кудкудякане (cackle, chuckle), подвикване на кон, патронник (chamber, collet), плешка от говеждо месо, пиленце (chickabiddy, chickling, ducky, lamb, poult), изгонване (bounce, eviction, expulsion, extrusion). (various references)

Chinese 

牛颈肉. (various references)

Czech

upínací pouzdro, seknout (cut, hew), pustit k vodì, mrštit (dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, pitch, pop, sling, strike, throw, toss), hodit (bung, cast, drop, fling, heave, hurtle, pitch, spang, throw, tip, toss). (various references)

Danish

stryge (caress, fondle, stroke). (various references)

Dutch

aaien (caress, fondle, stroke). (various references)

Esperanto

kareso (caress, stroke), karesi (caress, fondle, stroke). (various references)

Faeroese

ynda (caress, fondle, stroke), kela (caress, fondle, stroke), kína (caress, fondle, stroke). (various references)

Farsi 

مرغک , گیره ای که مته رادرماشین نگه میدارد, عزیزم , صداءی که برای راندن حیوان بکارمیرود, جانم . (various references)

Finnish

istukka (placenta, socket). (various references)

French

mandrin, caresser. (various references)

Frisian

streakje (caress, fondle, stroke), aaie (caress, fondle, stroke). (various references)

German

bohrfutter (drill chuck), spannvorrichtung (jig), futter (casing, chow, chows, coating, feed, fodder, food, forage, lining, nosh, nourishment, provender, swill), einspannen (clamp in, fit in, harness, insert, put in, rope in). (various references)

Greek 

πετώ (cast, cast off, discard, dump, fleet, fling, fly, hurl, jet, throw, wing). (various references)

Hungarian

satu (clam, clamp, cramp, vice, vise), marhatarja, kotyogás (blat, blatter, cluck, clucking, gurgle, hammering, ping, slack), befogótokmány, áll megveregetése. (various references)

Indonesian

usapan (sweep). (various references)

Italian

mandrino (Arbor, holder, mandrel, mandril, pivot, punch, rod, shank, spindle), accarezzare (caress, cherish, fondle, pet, snuggle, stroke). (various references)

Korean 

물림� (staple, Staples). (various references)

Manx

tilgey (abort, cast, cast off, casting, discharge, disgorge, ejection, fling, hurl, launch; throwing, miscarriage, miscarry, misconception; found, moulting, pitch, plunge, pot, precipitate, precipitation, project, projection, shedding, shoot, sling, throw, toss, toss up, toss up coin, tossing, void, vomit, vomiting), scolgarnee (cackle, cackle of hen), jannoo chuck, craag (clutch), chuck. (various references)

Papiamen

karisiá (caress, fondle, stroke), karisia (caress, stroke). (various references)

Pig Latin

uckchay.(various references)

Portuguese

mandril (arbor, arbour, broach, reamer, roasting-jack). (various references)

Romanian

cotcodãci (cackle, chatter, chuckle, clack), lemn (billet, peg, stick, timber, wood), arunca (bowl, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cob, dart, dash, deliver, discard, drop, fling, huddle on, hurl, jet, jettison, launch, peg, pelt at, pitch, pluck, plump, plunge into, precipitate, project, put, reject, rush, send, shoot, slam, sling, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, toss, tumble), azvârli (cast, catapult, discharge, drop, fling, hurl, jet, kick, launch, precipitate, project, send, shoot, slam, sling, throw, toss, tumble), azvârlire (cast, casting, flinging, hurl, throw, throwing), bate uşor cu palma, dezmierda (blandish, caress, cosher, cosset, delight, divert, flatter, fondle, pet, smooth, stroke), antricot (entrecote, rib roast), halealã (chow, eats, grub, prog, wolfing), suport (bolster, carriage, foot, holdfast, Jack, leg, mat, Mount, pad, pedal, plinth, prop, puncheon, reliance, shore, stanchion, stand, steady, stem, support), loviturã uşoarã sub bãrbie, mângâia (caress, chuckle, comfort, cosset, delight, fondle, pander to, Pat, pet, relieve, smooth, solace, soothe, stroke), mîngîia (caress, coddle, fondle, pamper, pet, stroke), manşon (collar, muff, nut, sheath, sleeve, thimble), piu! piu, pui (aerie, baby, calf, chick, chicken, cub, dear, fledgeling, get, nestling, whelp, young), strânge (accrete, accumulate, acerbate, acquire, agglomerate, amass, assemble, bind, call, clamp, clasp, clear, clench, close, collect, compress, concentrate, congregate, constrain, constrict, contract, converge, convolve, cramp, crop, crouch, crowd, crush, cull, cut, diminish, double, fasten, fold, force, garner, gather, glean, harvest, haul, hoard, house, hug, jam, lay aside, lay by, lay in, lay up, levy, lock, lump, make up, mass, muster, nip, pack, pick, pick up, pile, pile on, pinch, press, put away, put by, rake together, rake up, rally, reap, screw, shrink, shut, squeeze, stifle, stock, store, straighten, strain, straiten, suffocate, take up, tighten, troop, warehouse), di! di. (various references)

Russian 

увольнение (discharge, dismissal, layoff, leave, quit, sacking), чурбан (block, log), цыпочка, цыпленок (chick, chicken, chickling, peeper, poult, springer), кудахтанье (cackle, chuckle, cluck), зажимный патрон, зажимной патрон, подергивание (twitch), игра в орлянку (chuck-farthing). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

potapšati (dab, pat, tap), klada (billet, block, blockhead, log), glava bušilice, baciti (bung, cast, dart, dash, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, peg, pitch, project, shoot, slap, sling, throw, throw out, toss), bacanje (cast, fling, heave, hurl, pitch, pitching, put, roll, throw, throwing, toss, tossing). (various references)

Spanish

caricia (caress, fomentation, Pat, stroke), acariciar (canoodle, caress, cuddle, fawn on, fondle, hug, Pat, pet, snuggle, stroke, tickle, toy with). (various references)

Sranan

kor'kori (caress, fondle, stroke), kori (caress, cheat, deceive, flatter, fondle, stroke). (various references)

Swedish

slänga (dangle, dash, fling, flip, gulp, send, shy, slam, swingle, throw, toss), klappa (beat, caress, clap, dab, flap, fondle, go pit-a-pat, go pitter-patter, palpitate, Pat, pit-a-pat, pitter patter, pulsate, stroke, tap), kasta (bowl, cast, dart, dash, fling, flip, heave, hurl, hurtle, jerk, launch, lob, pelt, pitch, pitchfork, project, send, shoot, shy, throw, toss), chuck (jaw chuck). (various references)

Thai

โยน (flirt), อ้วก (chunder), การตบที่คางเบาๆ, ตั�"ความสัมพันธ์. (various references)

Turkish

gıdaklama (cackle, cluck), çenesini okşamak, atış (beat, burst, firing, fling, gunshot, inning, innings, pistol shot, projection, put, shoot, shooting, shot, shy, throw), atma (banishment, bragging, cast, ejectment, elimination, fling, heave, heaving, hurl, inset, ouster, pelt, postpone, projectile, shoot, shy, tell us another, throw, throwing, volley), atmak (affix, beat, blow, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, catapult, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void), bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, fail, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, kick, lay down, lay off, leave, leave off, let, let go, let smb. have it, offload, outgrow, plant, put, put away, put off, put to, quit, release, release one's hold, relinquish, renounce, resign, revolt from, stop, surrender, take one's farewell of, throw over, unclasp, unlearn, unloose, walk out), bili bili (chuck chuck), çenesini okşama, fırlatmak (aim, blast off, bung, cast, cast away, catapult, chuck away, dart, eject, fling, hurl, hurtle, launch, pelt, project, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, swing, throw, toss, whisk), torna bağlama aynası (turret), gıdaklamak (cackle, cluck), gurklama (chuckle), kavrama (apperception, apprehension, bite, cinch, clasp, claw, clutch, cognation, cognizance, comprehension, conception, digestion, engaging, fathom, grasp, grip, gripping, insight, penetration, perception, prehension, seizing, understanding, uptake), savurmak (blow about, brandish, bung, chuck away, dash, flap, fling, hurl, hurtle, rip out, scatter, swing, throw out, thunder), sevimli şey, son vermek (adjourn, call a halt, call off, cease, close, cut off, discontinue, end, end off, fetch up, finish, make an end of, put a stop to, put an end to, raise, shut down on, shut down upon, sign off, stash, stop, terminate, top off, wind up, wipe up, wrap up), fırlatma (cast, fling, hurl, launching, pelt, projection, put, shy, throw, throwing, toss). (various references)

Ukrainian

їжа (aliment, bait, board, chow, eating, fare, feed, feeding, fodder, food, meat, nosh, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, nutritive, pabulum, potluck, thing, Tommy, viand, victual), ривок (dart, dash, flounce, jerk, spirt, sprint, spurt, wrest, yank), ціпонька, шпурляти (chop, dash, shoot, shove, shove down), курча (chick, chicken, poult), кудкудакання (cackle, chuckle, cluck, gabble), колода (balk, bee-tree, billet, block, chump, clump, juggle, rafter, timber), кидок (cast, dart, fling, lunge, pitch, push, shy, throw), кидати (abandon, aim, buzz, cast, chop, dart, dash, depart, desert, desolate, elance, fall away, fling, pack in, pelt, pitch, plonk, project, sling, throw, throw down, throw up, toss), відмовлятися від (abandon, cry off, swear off), залишати (abandon, depart, desert, desolate, forsake, give over, leave, quit, relinquish, throw over, void), пташечка, поліно (chock), поплескувати, плескати (clap, splatter, swash). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thức ăn (belly-timber, comestible, drop, esculent, food, pabulum), sự thải ra (push), sự liệng (fling, flung, pitch), sự day day, ng� m, b� n cặp. (various references)

admulcere, adulare. (various references)

choqueur. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "chuck": chuckawalla, chuckawallas, chucked, chuckhole, chuckholes, chuckies, chucking, chuckle, chuckled, chucklehead, chuckleheaded, chuckleheads, chuckler, chucklers, chuckles, chucklesome, chuckling, chucklingly, chucks, chuckwalla, chuckwallas, chucky. (additional references)

Words ending with "chuck": upchuck, woodchuck. (additional references)

Words containing "chuck": upchucked, upchucking, upchucks, woodchucks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Chuck" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chack, chacok, Chauk, Cheuco, chicka, chocco, chocka, choco, chu, Chuc, Chuca, chuch, Chucka, chuckl, Chucko, chuk, chunck, Churk, chusk, Chuuk, chux, Ciucci, cruck, Cucc, Cuci, Cuck, cucu, Huckg, kuck. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: huck.

-3 letters: uh.

+1 letter: chucks, chucky.

+2 letters: checkup, chucked, chuckle, schmuck, upchuck.

+3 letters: checkout, checkups, chipmuck, chockful, chuckies, chucking, chuckled, chuckler, chuckles, cockshut, schmucks, upchucks.

+4 letters: checkouts, chipmucks, chuckhole, chucklers, chuckling, cockshuts, huckaback, hunchback, touchback, unchecked, upchucked, woodchuck.

+5 letters: chuckholes, chuckwalla, huckabacks, hunchbacks, touchbacks, upchucking, woodchucks.