chuck
Speech parts
1. chuck - Noun
2. chuck - Verb
3. Chuck - Proper noun
Meaning
To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
To chuckle; to laugh.
The chuck or call of a hen.
A sudden, small noise.
A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.
To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
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.
A slight blow or pat under the chin.
A short throw; a toss.
A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast.
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I wanted to do an episode about Chuck having a gambling problem. I wanted to portray my addiction on the show. But I think it's a little edgy for Saturday night.
When you look like I do, it's hard to get a table for one at Chuck E Cheese.
It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Chuck him out, the brute But it's Savior of 'is country when the guns begin to shoot.
One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma.
Yes, and I'm sure the arena will be full of bags of flour for me to chuck at people.
CM Punk playing Skee-Ball at Chuck E. Cheese is never going to reach the intellectual heights and experience the life that John Morrison experiences and, therefore, he will never know what to do in the ring against John Morrison.