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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chuck  \Chuck\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Chucked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Chucking}.]  [Imitative  of  the  sound.] 
  1.  To  make  a  noise  resembling  that  of  a  hen  when  she  calls 
  her  chickens;  to  cluck. 
 
  2.  To  chuckle;  to  laugh.  [R.]  --Marston. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chuck  \Chuck\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Chucked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Chucking}.]  [F.  choquer  to  strike.  Cf  {Shock},  v.  t.] 
  1.  To  strike  gently;  to  give  a  gentle  blow  to 
 
  Chucked  the  barmaid  under  the  chin.  --W.  Irving. 
 
  2.  To  toss  or  throw  smartly  out  of  the  hand;  to  pitch. 
  [Colloq.]  ``Mahomet  Ali  will  just  be  chucked  into  the 
  Nile.''  --Lord  Palmerson. 
 
  3.  (Mech.)  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. 




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