From en.wiktionary.org:
[Chuck]
** English
[Chuck] right
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
Variant of [en].
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1975 | author=Thomas Fabbricante; William J. Sultan | title=Practical Meat Cutting and Merchandising: Beef | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fabgAAAAMAAJ&q=%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck%7Cchucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&dq=%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck%7Cchucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ywEmT_e1C4qHrAfjzvStCA&redir_esc=y | page=141
|passage=Arm CHUCKS represent approximately 54% of the beef forequarters.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2001 | author=Bruce Aidells; Denis Kelly | title=The Complete Meat Cookbook: A Juicy and Authoritative Guide | page=190
|passage=Often, pieces of the CHUCK are sold boneless as flat chunks of meat
or rolled and tied.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2006 | author=w:North American Meat Processors Association | title=The Meat Buyers Guide: Beef, Lamb, Veal, Pork, and Poultry | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=nIRiHcD6mh4C&pg=PA113&dq=%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck%7Cchucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=s_4lT_T2Non4rQeczLXICA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck%7Cchucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false | page=113
|passage=The CHUCKS are that portion of foresaddle remaining after excluding
the hotel rack and plate portions of the breast as described in Item No. 306.
The veal foreshanks (Item No. 312) and brisket may either be attached or
separated and packaged with the CHUCKS.}}
1. [en] Food . < !-- origin of "chuck wagon" -->
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1951 | author=w:Frederick Feikema Manfred | title=Riders of Judgment | url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=5opoCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT134&dq=%22sonofabitch+stew%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiUkPnN6cPXAhVp34MKHcKWC_Q4FBDoAQglMAA#v=onepage&q=%22sonofabitch%20stew%22&f=false | publisher=Second | year_published=2014 | isbn=9780803277441
|passage=“Hambone, how's for CHUCK?”<br>Hambone removed pipe from mouth,
slowly. “Wal, I reckon I still got a few whistleberries left. Some
sonofabitch stew mabbe. A few shot biscuits.”}}
1. [en] A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
2. * 1824 , Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), _Transactions_ , Volume 42, |%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck | chucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YOclT4-XJ7GyiQfKtdXrBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chuck%22 | %22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck | chucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false page 88 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GB_yAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=%22chuck%22) ,
3. *: I have had a CHUCK of this kind made in brass with the cones of iron, but it is cumbrous and expensive, and does not answer so well, owing to the surface of the iron offering less resistance to the work turning within it. This, perhaps, might be remedied by roughing; but I think the CHUCK is much better in wood, as it can be made by any common turner at a trifling expense, and possesses more strength than can possibly be required.
4. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1912 | author=Fred Herbert Colvin; Frank Arthur Stanley | title=American Machinist Grinding Book | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4zBLAAAAMAAJ&q=%22chuck%22%7C%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck%7Cchucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&dq=%22chuck%22%7C%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck%7Cchucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=A_klT-CfPMWtrAedwLSZCA&redir_esc=y | page=322
|passage=Iron and steel in contact with magnets retain some of the magnetism,
which is sometimes more or less of a nuisance in getting small work off the
CHUCKS.}}
1. * 2003 , Julie K. Petersen, “ CHUCK ”, entry in _Fiber Optics Illustrated Dictionary_ , |chucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XBkmT-jRHuyeiAfvs53bBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck | chucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false page 181 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rFX6WyvVlHwC&pg=PA181&dq=%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck) ,
2. *: A fiber optic splicing device may be equipped with V-grooves or CHUCKS to hold the two pieces of fiber optic filament to be spliced. If it has CHUCKS , they are typically either clamping CHUCKS or vacuum CHUCKS .
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2008 | author=Ramon Francis Bonaquist | title=NHCRP Report 614: Refining the Simple Performance Tester for Use in Routine Practice | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ryycz2PGWwEC&pg=PA30&dq=%22chuck%22%7C%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck%7Cchucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=m_MlT6nqMa-ziQfX0NznBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chuck%22%7C%22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck%7Cchucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false | page=30
|passage=The first step in preparing a test specimen with the
FlexPrep<sup>TM</sup> is to secure the gyratory specimen in the CHUCK of the
machine.}}
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[meat from the shoulder of a cow]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek:
- Indonesian: [id]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[mechanical device]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] [noun] , [ja] [verb]
- Maori: [mi] [of a drill] , [mi] [of a metal lathe]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [зажи́мный] [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
2. To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
*** Etymology 2
From [en], of [en] origin, imitative of a hen's cluck.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] A chicken , a hen .
2. A clucking sound.
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1998 | author=Scott Freeman; Jon C. Herron | title=Evolutionary Analysis | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=ekeGyxMB3sYC&q=%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck%7Cchucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&dq=%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck%7Cchucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aAQmT5uNEsTIrQeH_OHACA&redir_esc=y | page=604
|passage=The call always starts with a whine, to which the males add from 0 to
6 CHUCKS. In choice tests, females approach calls that contain CHUCKS in
preference to calls that contain no CHUCKS.}}
1. [en] A friend or close acquaintance ; term of endearment.
2. * [IV]
*** Etymology 3
From [en], from the noun (see above).
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make a clucking sound.
2. To call, as a hen her chickens.
3. * [The Cock and the Fox]
4. [en] To chuckle ; to laugh .
5. * [en]
*** Etymology 4
From earlier [en], likely imitative, but perhaps also from [en], from [en],
from [en]. [en].
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A gentle touch or tap.
2. [en] A casual throw .
3. [en] A throw , an incorrect bowl ing action.
4. [en] An act or instance of vomit ing.
5. [en] On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
***** Translations
[gentle touch]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Polish: [pl]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To touch or tap gently.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1777 | author=w:Richard Brinsley Sheridan | title=The School for Scandal | section=III.ii
|passage=[Y]ou look now as you did before we were married—when you used to
walk with me under the Elms, and tell me stories of what a Gallant you were in
your youth—and CHUCK me under the chin you would—and ask me if I thought I
could love an old Fellow who would deny me nothing—didn't you?}}
1. [en] To throw , especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
2. [en] To throw ; to bowl with an incorrect action.
3. [en] To discard , to throw away .
4. * [en]
5. [en] To jilt ; to dump .
6. [en] To give up; to stop doing; to quit.
7. * [year=1962]
8. [en] To vomit .
9. [en] To leave ; to depart ; to bounce .
10. [en] On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fret ting fingers immediately after strum ming, producing a percussive effect.
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Translations
[to throw carelessly]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[to discard]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[slang: to vomit]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[cricket: to throw the ball rather than bowl] [trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 5
From [en].
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] .
2. * 1976 August, Sylvia Bashline, _Woodchucks Are Tablefare Too_ , _吴语: Field & Stream_ , |chucks%22+-inauthor:%22chuck%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KBwmT4DXF4a3iQeL5fyiBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22chucks%22%20-intitle%3A%22chuck | chucks%22%20-inauthor%3A%22chuck%22&f=false page 50 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=BEGoQLm6yFQC&pg=PA50&dq=%22chucks%22+-intitle:%22chuck) ,
3. *: CHUCKS are plentiful, and most farmers are glad to have the incurable diggers kept at tolerable population levels. [...] For some reason, my family didn′t eat ′CHUCKS . Few families in the area did.
***** Derived terms
- rockchuck
*** Etymology 6
From [en].
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A small pebble .
2. [en] Money . < !--Chambers 1908; also "chuckie-stanes"-->
***** Synonyms
- [en] , [en]
- [en] , [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
***** Related terms
- [en] (game played with pebbles)
[en]
** Chinook Jargon
*** Alternative forms
- [chn] _( [Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon] Orthography)_
*** Etymology
From [chn].
*** Noun
[chn]
1. water
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [en]