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Meaning of chucks

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

chucks

Pronunciation:/tʃʌks/

noun

Definitions

  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.

verb

Definitions

  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.

noun

Definitions

  1. A chicken, a hen.

  2. A clucking sound.

  3. A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.

    Example: Are you all right, chuck?

verb

Definitions

  1. To make a clucking sound.

  2. To call, as a hen her chickens.

noun

Definitions

  1. A gentle touch or tap.

    Example: She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.

  2. A casual throw.

  3. A throw, an incorrect bowling action.

  4. An act or instance of vomiting.

verb

Definitions

  1. To touch or tap gently.

  2. To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.

    Example: Chuck that magazine to me, would you?

  3. To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.

  4. To discard, to throw away.

    Example: This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it.

noun

Definitions

  1. A small pebble.

  2. (in the plural) Money.

noun

Definitions

  1. A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.