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Chucking

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chuck \Chuck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Chucking}.] [Imitative of the sound.]
   1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls
      her chickens; to cluck.

   2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] --Marston.

Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chucked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Chucking}.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. {Shock}, v. t.]
   1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

            Chucked the barmaid under the chin.   --W. Irving.

   2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
      [Colloq.] ``Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the
      Nile.'' --Lord Palmerson.

   3. (Mech.) 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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