Chuck

1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
2. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
3. To call, as a hen her chickens.
4. 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.
5. To chuckle; to laugh.
6. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
7. The chuck or call of a hen.
8. 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.
9. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
10. A sudden, small noise.
11. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
12. A short throw; a toss.
13. A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
14. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.
15. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.