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chuck   (TTS Sound)

The noun chuck has 3 senses

• chow, chuck, eats, grub -- (informal terms for a meal)


• chuck -- (the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade)


• chuck -- (a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill)

The verb chuck has 4 senses

• chuck, toss -- (throw carelessly; "chuck the ball")


• chuck, ditch -- (throw away; "Chuck these old notes")


• chuck, pat -- (pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin)


• vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up -- (eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night")