noun · countable / uncountable · common

chuck

chuck · chucks

личинка

шея, патрон, держатель

Spannfutter, Bohrfutter, Rinderkamm, Rinderhals

Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animalMeat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

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/t͡ʃʌk/

» I had to chuck that stuff out.

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Meaning

14 senses

(countable, uncountable)Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
Rinderkamm, Rinderhals, Rindernacken
ше́яšéja
(US, countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Food.
(countable, uncountable)A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
Spannfutter, Spannzange, Bohrfutter
патро́нpatrón, держа́тельderžátelʹ
A clucking sound.
(slang)A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
Are you all right, chuck?
A gentle touch or tap.
She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
(informal)A casual throw.
(informal)A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
(slang)An act or instance of vomiting.
On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
(Scotland)A small pebble.
(countable, uncountable)A pair of nunchaku, especially when using two.

More definitions

a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
informal terms for a meal

Examples

212 sentences

I had to chuck that stuff out.
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Tom chucked me the apple.
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Tom chucked the apple to me.
Том шпурнув яблуко мені. — oromashka
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How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Скільки дерев нарубав би бабак, якби бабак міг рубати дрова? — Dionizio
ruНа дворе трава, на траве дрова. — marafon
deWie viel Holz würde ein Murmeltier hacken, wenn ein Murmeltier Holz hacken könnte? — Kabelsalat
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Let's chuck it.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

meat from the shoulder of a cow:

mechanical device:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

meat from the shoulder of a cow:

mechanical device:

Origin

Variant of chock. From Middle English chuk, of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of a hen's

Variant of chock.

From Middle English chuk, of onomatopoeic origin, imitative of a hen's cluck.

From earlier chock, likely imitative, but perhaps also from Middle English chokken (“to thrust, pierce, cram”), from Picard Old French chuquier (“to collide, strike”, intransitive verb), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to bump, shake”). Doublet of shock and shuck.

From chuck (“to toss”).

Clipping of nunchuck, variant of nunchaku.

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