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Definitions for Chuck

[1] to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance.
[2] Informal . to resign from; relinquish; give up: He's chucked his job.
[3] to pat or tap lightly, as under the chin.
[4] Informal . to eject (a person) from a public place (often followed by out ): They chucked him from the bar.
[5] Slang . to vomit; upchuck.
[6] a light pat or tap, as under the chin.
[7] a toss or pitch; a short throw.
[8] a sudden jerk or change in direction.
[9] chuck it , British Slang . stop it; shut up.
[10] the cut of beef between the neck and the shoulder blade.
[11] a block or log used as a chock.
[12] Machinery . a device for centering and clamping work in a lathe or other machine tool. a device for holding a drill bit.
[13] Machinery . to hold or secure with a chuck.
[14] to cluck.
[15] a clucking sound.
[16] Archaic . (used as a term of endearment): my love, my chuck.
[17] food; provisions.
[18] woodchuck.
[19] water.
[20] any body of water.
[21] a male given name, form of Charles.
[22] Older Slang : Usually Disparaging and Offensive . a term used to refer to a white person. white society, culture, and values.
[23] Charles (Elwood) Chuck , born 1923, U.S. aviator and test pilot: the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947).
[24] Charles Edward Anderson Chuck , born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
[25] Also Ber·ri. a former province in central France.
[26] informal to throw
[27] to pat affectionately, esp under the chin
[28] (sometimes foll by in or up ) informal to give up; reject he chucked up his job ; she chucked her boyfriend
[29] (intr usually foll by up ) slang , mainly US to vomit
[30] chuck off at Australian and NZ informal to abuse or make fun of
[31] a throw or toss
[32] a playful pat under the chin
[33] the chuck informal dismissal
[34] Also called: chuck steak a cut of beef extending from the neck to the shoulder blade
[35] Also called: three jaw chuck a device that holds a workpiece in a lathe or tool in a drill, having a number of adjustable jaws geared to move in unison to centralize the workpiece or tool Also called: four jaw chuck , independent jaw chuck a similar device having independently adjustable jaws for holding an unsymmetrical workpiece
[36] (intr) a less common word for cluck (def. 2)
[37] a clucking sound
[38] a term of endearment
[39] a large body of water
[40] short for saltchuck
[41] any of various small edible fruits such as the blackberry and strawberry
[42] botany an indehiscent fruit with two or more seeds and a fleshy pericarp, such as the grape or gooseberry
[43] any of various seeds or dried kernels, such as a coffee bean
[44] the egg of a lobster, crayfish, or similar animal
[45] to bear or produce berries
[46] to gather or look for berries
[47] (ˈbɛrɪ ) Chuck , full name Charles Edward Berry . born 1926, US rock-and-roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter. His frequently covered songs include "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), "Memphis, Tennessee" (1959), and "Promised Land" (1964)
[48] (French bɛri ) Jean de France (ʒɑ̃ də frɑ̃s), Duc de. 1340–1416, French prince, son of King John II; coregent (1380–88) for Charles VI and a famous patron of the arts

Words related to Chuck

shed, toss, pitch, ditch, heave, quit, renounce, scrap, slough, reject, forsake, junk, sling, fling, fire, hurl, jettison, desert, relinquish, eject

Words nearby Chuck

chubby, chubsucker, chubut, chuchchi, chuchow, chuck, chuck in, chuck off, chuck out, chuck wagon, chuck-a-luck

Origin of Chuck

61855–60; < Chinook Jargon, probably < Nootka čʾaʔak water, reinforced by Lower Chinook ł-čuq water

Word origin for Chuck

berryOld English berie ; related to Old High German beri , Dutch bezie

Synonyms for Chuck

abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, slough, toss, eighty-six, give the heave ho