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chuck

The English word “chuck” has 28 meanings listed here.

  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. To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
  5. To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
  6. A chicken, a hen.
  7. A clucking sound.
  8. A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
  9. To make a clucking sound.
  10. To call, as a hen her chickens.
  11. To chuckle; to laugh.
  12. A gentle touch or tap.
  13. A casual throw.
  14. A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
  15. An act or instance of vomiting.
  16. On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
  17. To touch or tap gently.
  18. To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
  19. To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
  20. To discard, to throw away.
  21. To jilt; to dump.
  22. To give up; to stop doing; to quit.
  23. To vomit.
  24. To leave; to depart; to bounce.
  25. On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
  26. A small pebble.
  27. Money.
  28. A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
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