Definitions for Chuck

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Chuck chuck

Spelling: [chuhk]

IPA: /tʃʌk/

Chuck is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 19 anagrams from letters in Chuck (cchku).

Definitions for Chuck

noun

1. a light pat or tap, as under the chin.
2. a toss or pitch; a short throw.
3. a sudden jerk or change in direction.
4. the cut of beef between the neck and the shoulder blade.
5. a block or log used as a chock.
6. Machinery. a device for centering and clamping work in a lathe or other machine tool. a device for holding a drill bit.
7. a clucking sound.
8. Archaic. (used as a term of endearment):
9. food; provisions.
10. woodchuck.
11. water.
12. any body of water.
13. a male given name, form of Charles.
14. Older Slang: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a white person. white society, culture, and values.
15. Charles (Elwood) ("Chuck") born 1923, U.S. aviator and test pilot: the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947).
16. Charles Edward Anderson ("Chuck") born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
17. Also, Berri. a former province in central France.

Idioms

1. chuck it, British Slang. stop it; shut up.

verb (used with object)

1. to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance.
2. Informal. to resign from; relinquish; give up:
3. to pat or tap lightly, as under the chin.
4. Informal. to eject (a person) from a public place (often followed by out):
5. Slang. to vomit; upchuck.
6. Machinery. to hold or secure with a chuck.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to cluck.

Origin of Chuck

First recorded in 1575-85; origin uncertain

Examples for Chuck

“There was one good thing about it,” chuck Davis says about his time in captivity.

When I go out I 'll take and chuck it in the water along with that there purse.

I assume he thinks chuck Taylors are still as the sneaker of choice and supports the idea of grabbing a quick smoke before tipoff.

Earlier in the segment, host chuck Todd had asked him if he understood and acknowledged that black people have a fear of police.

We're going to chuck you a line: mind and be ready to catch it.

Hang it all, I feel like a beast to chuck you out this way, but I have partners, you know.

Former Missouri State Senator chuck Graham is paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair.

From practically the day he took office as the 24th Secretary of Defense less than two years ago, chuck Hagel was a marked man.

The Dutchman is game, an' if he ever gets to the Black's throat-latch he'll chuck it.

Look up Dan and 'chuck' and the rest of the crowd again, at Comet's place.