The Wordsmith Dictionary

chuck-will's-wid ow |ˌCHək ˌwilz ˈwidō, ˈwidə ˌtʃəkˌwɪlzˌwɪdoʊ | ▶noun a large nightjar native to eastern North America. [Caprimulgus carolinensis, family Caprimulgidae. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: imitative of its call.

Oxford Dictionary

chuck

chuck 1 |tʃʌk | informal ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 throw (something ) carelessly or casually: someone chucked a brick through the window | figurative : chucking money at the problem won't solve it. • Cricket (of a bowler ) deliver (a ball ) with an unlawful action. • (often chuck something away /out ) throw (something ) away: they make a living out of stuff people chuck away. 2 end a relationship with (a partner ): Mary chucked him for another guy. • give up (a job or activity ): Richard chucked in his course. • (chuck it ) dated stop doing something. ▶noun 1 a throw. 2 (the chuck ) Brit. a dismissal or rejection. PHRASES chuck it down Brit. rain heavily. PHRASAL VERBS chuck someone out force someone to leave a building: their landlord chucked them out last night. chuck up vomit: I nearly chucked up. DERIVATIVES chucker noun ORIGIN late 17th cent. (as a verb ): from chuck 2 .

chuck

chuck 2 |tʃʌk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] touch (someone ) playfully under the chin. ▶noun a playful touch under the chin. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (as a noun ): probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer ‘to knock, bump ’, of unknown ultimate origin.

chuck

chuck 3 |tʃʌk | ▶noun 1 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. 2 [ mass noun ] (also chuck steak ) a cut of beef that extends from the neck to the ribs, typically used for stewing. ORIGIN late 17th cent., as a variant of chock; see also chunk 1 .

chuck

chuck 4 |tʃək CHək | ▶noun US informal food or provisions. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: perhaps the same word as chuck 3 .

chuck

chuck 5 |tʃʌk | ▶noun N. English informal used as a friendly form of address: ‘Can I help you at all, chuck? ’. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: alteration of chick 1 .

chuck-a-luck

chuck-a-luck ▶noun [ mass noun ] N. Amer. a gambling game played with dice.

chucker-out

chucker-out ▶noun informal a person employed to expel troublemakers from a place of entertainment.

chuckhole

chuck |hole |ˈtʃʌkhəʊl | ▶noun N. Amer. a hole or rut in a road or track.

chuck key

chuck key ▶noun a small metal device for tightening the chuck of a drill.

chuckle

chuckle |ˈtʃʌk (ə )l | ▶verb [ no obj. ] laugh quietly or inwardly: I chuckled at the astonishment on her face. ▶noun a quiet or suppressed laugh. DERIVATIVES chuckler noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘laugh convulsively ’): from chuck meaning ‘to cluck ’ in late Middle English.

chucklehead

chuckle |head |ˈtʃʌk (ə )lhɛd | ▶noun informal a stupid person. DERIVATIVES chuckleheaded adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from early 18th -cent. chuckle ‘big and clumsy ’, probably related to chuck 3 ( sense 2 ).

chucklesome

chucklesome |ˈtʃʌkəls (ə )m | ▶adjective causing mild amusement; humorous: the script is chucklesome rather than hilarious.

chuck wagon

chuck wagon |ˈtʃʌkwag (ə )n | ▶noun N. Amer. a wagon with cooking facilities providing food on a ranch or by a roadside. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: chuck, in the informal sense ‘food ’.

chuckwalla

chuckwalla |ˈtʃʌkwɒlə | ▶noun a large dark-bodied lizard, the male of which has a light yellow tail, native to the deserts of the south-western US and Mexico. ●Sauromalus obesus, family Iguanidae. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from Mexican Spanish chacahuala, from American Indian.

chuck-will's-widow

chuck-will's-widow |ˌtʃʌkwɪlzˈwɪdəʊ | ▶noun a large nightjar native to eastern North America. ●Caprimulgus carolinensis, family Caprimulgidae. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: imitative of its call.

American Oxford Thesaurus

chuck

chuck verb informal 1 he chucked the letter onto the table: throw, toss, fling, hurl, pitch, cast, lob. 2 I chucked the old comics: throw away /out, discard, dispose of, get rid of, dump, scrap, jettison; informal ditch, junk, deep-six, trash. 3 Mary chucked him for another guy: leave, throw over, finish with, break off with, jilt; informal dump, ditch.

chuckle

chuckle verb Adam chuckled to himself as he drove away: giggle, chortle, titter, tee-hee, snicker, snigger.

Oxford Thesaurus

chuck

chuck verb informal 1 he chucked the letter into the bin: throw, toss, fling, hurl, pitch, cast, lob, launch, flip, catapult, shy, dash, project, propel, send, bowl; let fly with; informal heave, sling, bung, buzz, whang; N. Amer. informal peg; Austral. informal hoy; NZ informal bish. 2 I kept the personal bits and pieces and chucked the rest: throw away, discard, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, toss out, dump, bin, scrap, jettison; informal ditch, junk, get shut of; Brit. informal get shot of; N. Amer. informal trash. ANTONYMS keep, retain, hold on to. 3 I've decided to chuck my job: give up, leave, resign from, abandon, relinquish; informal quit, pack in, jack in. 4 Mary chucked him for another guy: leave, throw over, drop, finish with, stop going out with, break off one's relationship with, desert, abandon, leave high and dry; informal dump, ditch, give someone the elbow, walk out on, run out on, leave flat; Brit. informal give someone the push, give someone the big E; dated jilt; archaic forsake.

chuckle

chuckle verb Adam chuckled to himself as he drove away: chortle, giggle, titter, laugh quietly, tee-hee, snicker, snigger; crow.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

chuck

chuck 1 /tʃʌk /動詞～s /-s /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 他動詞 1 ｟くだけて｠a. …をぽいと投げる , ほうる (→throw 類義 ); …を (ぞんざいに )置く (!通例方向を表す副詞を伴う ) ▸ chuck the orange peel in the bin ミカンの皮をごみ箱に投げ入れる .b. 〖～ A B /B to A 〗A 〈人〉にB 〈物〉をぽいと投げて渡す ▸ Chuck me the magazine [the magazine to me ].雑誌を投げてよこして .c. 〈不要な物〉を捨てる, 処分する (away, out ).2 〈仕事など〉をやめる , ほうり出す (in , up )▸ chuck (in ) a job ≒ chuck it all (in [up ])仕事をやめる .3 ｟英｠(親しげに )〈子供など (のあごの下 )〉を軽くなでる [たたく ]▸ chuck the boy under the chin 男の子のあごの下をなでる .4 ｟英｠〈恋人〉と別れる, 〈恋人〉を捨てる .ch ù ck A aw á y [aw á y A ]1 ↑他動詞 1c .2 A 〈物機会など〉をむだにする .ch ú ck it ｟やや古｠〖通例命令形で〗やめろ, よせ .ch ú ck A off [out of ] B A 〈人〉をB 〈場所〉から追い [つまみ ]出す .ch ù ck A ó ut [ó ut A ]1 A 〈人〉を追い [つまみ ]出す .2 ↑他動詞 1c .ch ù ck ú p ｟主に英俗｠吐く, もどす .ch ù ck A ú p [ú p A ]1 ↑他動詞 2 .2 ｟主に英俗｠A 〈食べた物〉を吐く, もどす .名詞 1 C 投げること .2 C (あごの下を )軽くなでる [たたく ]こと .3 ｟俗｠〖the ～〗解雇 , 首 .

chuck

chuck 2 名詞 U ｟米西部俗｠食事 .

chuck

chuck 3 名詞 1 C 〘機〙(旋盤ドリルなどの )チャック, つかみ〘道具や作業物をはさむ部分〙.2 U チャック (chuck steak ) 〘牛の首から肩までの肉〙.～́ k è y 〘機〙チャックキー〘ドリルのチャックをしめる〙.

chuckle

chuck le /tʃʌ́k (ə )l /動詞～s /-z /; ～d /-d /; -ling 自動詞 «…を » くっくっと笑う , 静かに笑う «at , over , about » (→laugh 1a )▸ chuckle to oneself (楽しそうに )ひとりでくすくす笑う .他動詞｟書｠〖直接話法〗…とくすくす笑いながら言う (→say 他動詞 1 a 語法 ).名詞 C 〖しばしばa ～〗含み笑い ▸ give a little chuckle 小声でくすくす笑う