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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), 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.
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     2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] --Marston.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Chucked the barmaid under the chin.   --W. Irving.
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     2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
        [Colloq.] "Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the
        Nile." --Lord Palmerson.
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     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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