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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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