Definition of Chuck

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Definition of Chuck

Chuck

To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

To chuckle; to laugh.

To call, as a hen her chickens.

The chuck or call of a hen.

A sudden, small noise.

A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.

To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.

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.

A slight blow or pat under the chin.

A short throw; a toss.

A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.

A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.

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.

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Chuck Quotations

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.
John Lennon

Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.
Marianne Williamson

One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma.
Eric Clapton

I kinda see my current position like this: Here's your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before 'Chuck Woolery' rings the bell.
Ben Affleck

I mean, I haven't been completely lacking in some enjoyment of Chuck Berry or Buddy Holly. But I just didn't pay attention to that period of music, obviously.
Warren Zevon

Well, I'm a light traveller. I chuck things away.
Norman MacCaig

I found a sound that people really liked - I found this basic concept and all I did was change the lyrics and the melody a little bit. My songs, if you listen to them, they're quite a lot alike, like Chuck Berry.
Buck Owens

So Chuck and I looked at that and we hacked on em for a while, and eventually we ripped the stuff out of em and put some of it into what was then called en, which was really ed with some em features.
Bill Joy

We're gonna release a studio album probably a year from now and we've got these recordings that we did with Coco Taylor and Johnny Johnson, who was Chuck Berry's piano player.
James Young

And then we've got Blades of Glory, and we've got Brothers Solomon, and I've got a script in development with this guy Chuck Martin who used to write on Arrested, and, you know, we have a few things in various stages of development.
Will Arnett

Chuck Translations

chuck in Danish is stryge
chuck in Dutch is aaien, aanhalen, strelen, liefkozen
chuck in French is mandrin, serrage, caresser
chuck in German is Bohrfutter, einspannen
chuck in Portuguese is mandril
chuck in Spanish is caricia, uncir, acarciar, calzo

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