chuck

verb14

1. •
   To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
2. •
   (informal) to throw something without much care about where it goes

   • Chuck that magazine to me, would you?
3. •
   (informal) To discard, to throw away.

   • This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it.
4. •
   (informal) To jilt; to dump.

   • She's chucked me for another man!
5. •
   (informal, old-fashioned) To give up; to stop doing; to quit.

   • "When he got religion old Joe stuck every penny away in the Savings Bank, and when he chucked religion he'd draw out the lot and go on a bender that landed him in the horrors, like as not." — 1938
6. •
   To playfully give a light touch, stroke, tap, etc., to someone, especially under the chin.

   • ‘Oh, my oath,’ Dan said, and ‘chucked’ Mrs. Brown familiarly under the chin. ‘Get along wid you!’ she cried, jumping back and colouring up. — 1911
7. •
   To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
8. •
   (slang) To vomit.
9. •
   On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
10. •
    To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
11. •
    To make a clucking sound.
12. •
    To call, as a hen her chickens.

    • Then crowing clapped his wing, th'appointed call To chuck his wives together in the hall. — 1700
13. •
    (South-Africa, slang) To leave; to depart; to bounce.

    • Let's chuck.
14. •
    (no longer used) To chuckle; to laugh.

    • Who would not chuck to see such pleasing sport. To see such troupes of gallants still resort unto Cornutos shop. — 1598

noun15

1. •
   (informal) A casual throw.
2. •
   (informal) A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
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.

   • Iron and steel in contact with magnets retain some of the magnetism, which is sometimes more or less of a nuisance in getting small work off the chucks. — 1912
4. •
   Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

   • Arm chucks represent approximately 54% of the beef forequarters. — 1975
5. •
   (slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.

   • Are you all right, chuck?
6. •
   A gentle touch or tap.

   • She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
7. •
   (slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
8. •
   Abbreviation of woodchuck.

   • Chucks are plentiful, and most farmers are glad to have the incurable diggers kept at tolerable population levels. […] For some reason, my family didn′t eat ′chucks. Few families in the area did. — 1976
9. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) Food.

   • “Hambone, how's for chuck?” Hambone removed pipe from mouth, slowly. “Wal, I reckon I still got a few whistleberries left. Some sonofabitch stew mabbe. A few shot biscuits.” — 1951
10. •
    A clucking sound.

    • The call always starts with a whine, to which the males add from 0 to 6 chucks. In choice tests, females approach calls that contain chucks in preference to calls that contain no chucks. — 1998
11. •
    On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
12. •
    A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.
13. •
    (Scotland) A small pebble.
14. •
    (dialect, no longer used) A chicken, a hen.
15. •
    [in the plural] (slang, no longer used) Money.

noun[usually plural]1

1. •
   (informal) a Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe.

   • Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent / Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty — 2014