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chuck
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[tʃʌk], (Verb)
Definitions:
- throw (something) carelessly or casually
(e.g: someone chucked a brick through the window)
- give up (a job or activity)
(e.g: she wanted to chuck her job)
Phrases:
- chuck it
- chuck it down
Origin
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late 16th century (as a verb): from chuck
[tʃʌk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a throw
- a dismissal or rejection
(e.g: he's still wondering why and how Mrs T got the chuck)
Phrases:
- chuck it
- chuck it down
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late 16th century (as a verb): from chuck
[tʃʌk], (Verb)
Definitions:
- touch (someone) playfully under the chin
(e.g: he chucked the baby under its chin)
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Origin
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late 16th century (as a verb): probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer ‘to knock, bump’, of unknown ultimate origin
[tʃʌk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a playful touch under the chin
(e.g: she gave him a good-natured chuck under the chin)
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late 16th century (as a verb): probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer ‘to knock, bump’, of unknown ultimate origin
[tʃʌk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill, typically having three or four jaws that move radially in and out
(e.g: a power-drill chuck)
- a cut of beef that extends from the neck to the ribs, typically used for stewing
(e.g: the trays of fat-speckled chuck and sweetbreads had been put in the refrigerator)
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Origin
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late 17th century, as a variant of chock; see also chunk
[tʃʌk], (Noun)
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- food or provisions
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mid 19th century: perhaps the same word as chuck
[tʃʌk], (Noun)
Definitions:
- used as a friendly form of address
(e.g: ‘Can I help you at all, chuck?’)
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Origin
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late 16th century: alteration of chick
[tʃʌk], (Noun)
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