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chuck

The correct spelling is chuck.

How to pronounce chuck

/tʃʌk/
noun

IPA: /tʃʌk/

Say it like: Chu-k

The correct spelling is chuck. Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal. For example: "Are you all right, chuck?"

Usage Examples

Are you all right, chuck?

She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.

Chuck that magazine to me, would you?

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
  2. 2.Food.
  3. 3.A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
  4. 4.A chicken, a hen.
  5. 5.A clucking sound.

verb

  1. 1.To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
  2. 2.To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
  3. 3.To make a clucking sound.
  4. 4.To call, as a hen her chickens.
  5. 5.To touch or tap gently.

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