chuck

chuck is a 5-letter English word with 22 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
2. intransitive verb. To chuckle; to laugh.
3. transitive verb. To call, as a hen her chickens.
4. noun. The chuck or call of a hen.
5. noun. A sudden, small noise.
6. noun. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.
7. transitive verb. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
8. transitive verb. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
9. transitive verb. 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.
10. noun. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
11. noun. A short throw; a toss.
12. noun. A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
13. noun. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
14. noun. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
15. noun. 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.
16. noun. a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
17. noun. informal terms for a meal

    Synonyms: chow, eats, grub

18. noun. the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
19. verb. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

    "After drinking too much, the students vomited"

    "He purged continuously"

    Synonyms: barf, cast, cat, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew

20. verb. pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

    Synonyms: pat

21. verb. throw carelessly

    "chuck the ball"

    Synonyms: toss

22. verb. throw away

    "Chuck these old notes"

    Synonyms: ditch

Synonyms

chow, eats, grub, barf, cast, cat, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, upchuck, vomit, pat, toss, ditch

Common word forms

chucks, chucked, chucker, chucking

Words from these letters

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