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