chuck

Etymology 1
Variant of.

Noun

 * 1)  Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
 * 2)  Food.
 * 3)  A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
 * 4) * 1824, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions, Volume 42, |%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck|chucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YOclT4-XJ7GyiQfKtdXrBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chuck%22|%22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck|chucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false page 88,
 * I have had a chuck of this kind made in brass with the cones of iron, but it is cumbrous and expensive, and does not answer so well, owing to the surface of the iron offering less resistance to the work turning within it. This, perhaps, might be remedied by roughing; but I think the chuck is much better in wood, as it can be made by any common turner at a trifling expense, and possesses more strength than can possibly be required.
 * 1) * 2003, Julie K. Petersen, “chuck”, entry in Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary, |chucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XBkmT-jRHuyeiAfvs53bBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck|chucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false page 181,
 * A fiber optic splicing device may be equipped with V-grooves or chucks to hold the two pieces of fiber optic filament to be spliced. If it has chucks, they are typically either clamping chucks or vacuum chucks.
 * 1) * 1824, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions, Volume 42, |%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck|chucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YOclT4-XJ7GyiQfKtdXrBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chuck%22|%22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck|chucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false page 88,
 * I have had a chuck of this kind made in brass with the cones of iron, but it is cumbrous and expensive, and does not answer so well, owing to the surface of the iron offering less resistance to the work turning within it. This, perhaps, might be remedied by roughing; but I think the chuck is much better in wood, as it can be made by any common turner at a trifling expense, and possesses more strength than can possibly be required.
 * 1) * 2003, Julie K. Petersen, “chuck”, entry in Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary, |chucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XBkmT-jRHuyeiAfvs53bBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck|chucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false page 181,
 * A fiber optic splicing device may be equipped with V-grooves or chucks to hold the two pieces of fiber optic filament to be spliced. If it has chucks, they are typically either clamping chucks or vacuum chucks.
 * A fiber optic splicing device may be equipped with V-grooves or chucks to hold the two pieces of fiber optic filament to be spliced. If it has chucks, they are typically either clamping chucks or vacuum chucks.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: телешка плешка
 * Finnish: etuselkä
 * German: Rinderkamm, Rinderhals, Rindernacken, Nackenstück
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: οἶβος
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: цанга
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Spannzange,
 * Greek:
 * Irish: crágán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Maori: puri niho, puri maitai
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:, portabrocas
 * Swedish:

Verb

 * 1) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
 * 2) To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

Etymology 2
dialect term for, imitative of a hen's cluck.

Noun

 * 1)   A chicken, a hen.
 * 2) A clucking sound.
 * 3)  A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
 * 1)  A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.

Verb

 * 1) To make a clucking sound.
 * 2) To call, as a hen her chickens.
 * 3)  To chuckle; to laugh.
 * 1)  To chuckle; to laugh.

Etymology 3
Probably from, later.

Noun

 * 1) A gentle touch or tap.
 * She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
 * 1)  A casual throw.
 * 2)  A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
 * 3)  An act or instance of vomiting.
 * 4)  On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: mamola, manona,

Verb

 * 1) To touch or tap gently.
 * 2)  To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
 * Chuck that magazine to me, would you?
 * 1)  To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
 * 2)  To discard, to throw away.
 * This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it.
 * 1)  To jilt; to dump.
 * She's chucked me for another man!
 * 1)  To give up; to stop doing; to quit.
 * 2)  To vomit.
 * 3)  To leave; to depart; to bounce.
 * Let's chuck.
 * 1)  On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
 * 1)  To vomit.
 * 2)  To leave; to depart; to bounce.
 * Let's chuck.
 * 1)  On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

Translations

 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Ukrainian:, шпурляти, жбурляти


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: heittää pois, heittää menemään,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:, buttare via,
 * Ukrainian: викидати


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Spanish: chuñear

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * 1) * 1976 August, Sylvia Bashline, Woodchucks Are Tablefare Too, Field & Stream, |chucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KBwmT4DXF4a3iQeL5fyiBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck|chucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false page 50,
 * Chucks are plentiful, and most farmers are glad to have the incurable diggers kept at tolerable population levels. For some reason, my family didn′t eat ′chucks. Few families in the area did.
 * Chucks are plentiful, and most farmers are glad to have the incurable diggers kept at tolerable population levels. For some reason, my family didn′t eat ′chucks. Few families in the area did.

Derived terms

 * rockchuck

Noun

 * 1)  A small pebble.
 * 2)  Money.

Related terms

 * (game played with pebbles)

Alternative forms

 * ( Orthography)

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) water