2 definitions found 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] --Marston. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Chucked the barmaid under the chin. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] "Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile." --Lord Palmerson. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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