*chuck*

v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The chuck or call of a hen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden, small noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. “Pray, chuck, come hither.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

n. 1. A slight blow or pat under the chin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A short throw; a toss. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing. --
Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut. --
Elliptic chuck, a chuck having a slider and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 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. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting; a bouncer{ 5 }.
Syn. -- bouncer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as chock-full. [ predicate ]
Syn. -- chockablock(predicate), chock-full(predicate), chockfull(predicate), chockful(predicate), choke-full(predicate), cram full. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering especially in a road surface.
Syn. -- pothole. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chuckled p. pr. & vb. n. Chuckling ] [ From 1st Chuck. ] 1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fondle; to cocker. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ From 1st Chuck. ] To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. [ Low ] Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A large whippoorwill-like bird (a species of goatsucker) (Caprimulgus carolinensis, formerly Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Pachak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The sand martin, or bank swallow. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]