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To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls
her chickens; to cluck. |
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To chuckle; to laugh. |
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To call, as a hen her chickens. |
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The chuck or call of a hen. |
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A sudden, small noise. |
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A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. |
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To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to. |
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To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. |
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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. |
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A slight blow or pat under the chin. |
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A short throw; a toss. |
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A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe,
for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. |
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A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. |
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A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed
up and caught; jackstones. |
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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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