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<p><b>2.</b> <def>A sudden, small noise.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A word of endearment; -- corrupted from <i>chick</i>.</def> "Pray, <i>chuck</i>, come hither."

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Chuck</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chucked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chucking</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>choquer</ets> to strike. Cf. <er>Shock</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.</def>

<blockquote><b>Chucked</b> the barmaid under the chin. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> "Mahomet Ali will just be <i>chucked</i> into the Nile."

<i>Lord Palmerson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.</def>

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<hw>Chuck</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A slight blow or pat under the chin.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A short throw; a toss.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.</def>

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<cs><col>Chuck farthing</col>, <cd>a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing.</cd> -- <col>Chuck hole</col>, <cd>a deep hole in a wagon rut.</cd> -- <col>Elliptic chuck</col>, <cd>a chuck having a silder and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

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<hw>Chuck</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A small pebble; -- called also <altname>chuckstone</altname> and <altname>chuckiestone</altname>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

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<hw>Chuck</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; <as>as, a <ex>chuck</ex> steak; a <ex>chuck</ex> roast.</as></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

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<hw>Chuc"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chuckled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chuckling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From lst <er>Chuck</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To fondle; to cocker.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

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