Definition of chuck

• v. i. - To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
• v. i. - To chuckle; to laugh.
• v. t. - To call, as a hen her chickens.
• n. - The chuck or call of a hen.
• n. - A sudden, small noise.
• n. - A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.
• v. t. - To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
• v. t. - To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
• v. t. - 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.
• n. - A slight blow or pat under the chin.
• n. - A short throw; a toss.
• n. - A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
• n. - A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
• n. - A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
• n. - A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast.