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Look up: Chuck

  1. Chuck
    NavalNaval slang for a demonstration of applause. Enthusiastic supporters of a ship's football team or a regatta boat's crew form a chucking-up party. The expression may originate from the practice of throwing hats in the air when excited. An early form of this word was CHUCKER UP
    Found on http://www.britishempire.co.uk/glossary/

  2. Chuck
    A device which holds the workpiece on then lathe. A chuck can take many different forms. See, for example, cup chuck, precision combination chuck, screw chuck, and scroll chuck.
    Found on http://www.turningtools.co.uk/glossary/g

  3. chuck
    [n] - the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade 2. [n] - a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill 3. [v] - throw away (slang) 4. [v] - throw carelessly 5. [v] - pat ...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Chuck
    Photograph courtesy of Draper.co.ukA device on a machine tool to hold the workpiece or a cutting tool, attached to a rotating spindle.Independent ChuckA chuck in which each jaw may be moved independently of the others. See also: Collet, Drill Bits, Drill Press.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  5. chuck
    only correct sizes of chucks appropriate to the bar diameter should be used in the bending machine,and it is most important to avoid rebending Category: Mechanical engineering • to mount workpieces or tools in a chuck Category: Mechanical engineering • the chuck attached to t...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Chuck
    Chuck (chŭk) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Chucked (chŭkt); present participle & verbal noun Chucking .] [ Imitative of the sound.] 1. To make a nois...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/75

  7. Chuck
    Chuck transitive verb To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/76

  8. Chuck
    Chuck noun 1. The chuck or call of a hen. 2. A sudden, small noise. 3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick . 'Pray, chuck , come hither.' Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/76

  9. Chuck
    Chuck transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Chucked (chŭkt); present participle & verbal noun Chucking .] [ French choquer to strike. Confer Shock ,
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/76

  10. Chuck
    Chuck noun 1. A slight blow or pat under the chin. 2. A short throw; a toss. 3. (Machinery) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon. Chuck fart...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/76

  11. Chuck
    Chuck (chŭk) noun 1. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone . [ Scot.] 2. plural A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [ Scot.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/76

  12. Chuck
    Chuck noun 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. [ Colloq.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/76

  13. chuck
    noun a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. chuck
    noun the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. chuck
    verb throw carelessly; `chuck the ball`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  16. chuck
    verb throw away; `Chuck these old notes`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. Chuck
    • (v. i.) To chuckle; to laugh. • (n.) 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. • (v. i.) To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  18. chuck
    (from the article `hand tool`) ...equipped with a large socket into which bits with appropriate shanks could be fitted interchangeably. When the sweep came to be made of iron, bits ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/82

  19. Chuck
    Chuck is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Man` Where is it used? The name Chuck is mainly used In English.How do they say it elsewhere? Siarl ( In Welsh) Carlos ( In Spanish and In Portuguese) Tearlach ( In Scottish) Carlo ( In Italian) Séarlas ( In Irish) Karl ( In German and In ...
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/boys/Chuc

  20. Chuck
    Device for holding work in machine tools.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21038

  21. chuck
    • informal terms for a meal
    • the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
    • a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

    Found on

  22. Chuck
    Chuck is slang for food.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. Chuck
    Chuck is slang for food.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  24. ChucK
    `ChucK` is a concurrent, strongly timed audio url=http://books.google.com/books?id=AJbdPZv1DjgC&pg=PA69 -->--> which runs on Mac OS X, Linux, Microsoft Windows, and iPhone/iPad. It is designed to favor readability and flexibility for the programmer over other considerations suc...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChucK

  25. Chuck
    (album) `Chuck` is the third studio album from Canadian rock band Sum 41. The album was released on October 12, 2004. It is the band`s last album to feature lead guitarist Dave Baksh. He left the band on May 11, 2006 to pursue his own career with his new band Brown Brigade. The album i...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck



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