1. (v. i.) To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

2. (v. i.) To chuckle; to laugh.

3. (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens.

4. (n.) The chuck or call of a hen.

5. (n.) A sudden, small noise.

6. (n.) A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.

7. (v. t.) To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

8. (v. t.) To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.

9. (v. t.) 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. (n.) A slight blow or pat under the chin.

11. (n.) A short throw; a toss.

12. (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.

13. (n.) A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

14. (n.) A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.

15. (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.

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