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 ]

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 ]

n. 1. (Zool.) A common large North American marmot (Arctomys monax). It is usually reddish brown, more or less grizzled with gray. It makes extensive burrows, and is often injurious to growing crops. Called also ground hog. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]