chuck
chuck
ʧək
chēk
/t‍ʃˈʌk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "chuck"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•āĻžāρāϧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ, āϘāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏ

the portion of a forequarter of beef or other large animal, extending from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
chuck definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He bought a chuck from the butcher for the stew.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āϏāĻžāχ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ chuck āĻ•āĻŋāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ• āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ, āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧ

a portion of food eaten at one time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She served a hearty chuck after the long hike.
āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻ•āϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāĻ•, āĻ•ā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāχāϏ

a clamping device with adjustable jaws used to hold a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A drill chuck must be tightened before starting to drill.
āĻĄā§āϰāĻŋāϞ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻ• āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāϧāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to throw something in a casual and sometimes playful manner
Transitive: to chuck sth somewhere
to chuck definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Instead of handing it over, she playfully chucked the ball to her friend.
āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϏ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āϞ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āύ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĨ⧁āϤāύāĻŋāϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āύ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĨ⧁āϤāύāĻŋāϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āφāĻĻāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to touch or pat someone playfully or affectionately under the chin
Transitive: to chuck sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He chuckled and chucked his niece under the chin, delighted by her laughter.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšā§‡āϏ⧇ āωāĻ āϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāχāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĨ⧁āϤāύāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻŸā§‹āĻ•āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to throw away or discard something
Transitive: to chuck sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He decided to chuck the old sweater that he had n't worn in years.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏ⧇āχ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āϏ⧋āϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻĒāϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤
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āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to leave or end a romantic relationship with someone
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Transitive: to chuck sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He chucked his girlfriend because he felt they were growing apart.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻŦā§€āϕ⧇ āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϏ⧇ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āφāϞāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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