| 释义 |
chuck1 /chuk/ noun- The call of a hen
- A clucking noise
- (dimin chuckˈie) a chicken
- (also chuckˈie) a term of endearment
intransitive verb To make the noise of a hen ORIGIN: A variant of cluck chuck2 /chuk/ transitive verb- To toss
- To pitch
- To abandon or dismiss
- To stroke or tap lightly under the chin
noun- A gentle stroke or tap under the chin
- A toss or throw, hence dismissal (informal)
- A pebble or small stone (more usu chuckˈie, chuckˈie-stone or Scot chuckˈie-stane )
- (in pl) a game with such stones (often called chuckˈies)
- Any game of pitch-and-toss
ORIGIN: Fr choquer to jolt; allied to shock1 chuck'er noun chucker-outˈ noun (informal) A person who expels undesirable people, eg from a public house, a meeting, etc, a bouncer chuck-farˈthing noun Formerly, a game in which a farthing was chucked into a hole chuckˈhole noun (N American) A pothole chuck in (informal) - To give up
- To abandon
- To make a contribution to the cost of (Aust)
chuck it (informal) - To stop, give over
- To rain (down) heavily
chuck off (Aust and NZ sl; usu with at) To abuse chuck out (informal) - To expel (a person)
- To throw away, get rid of
chuck up (informal) - To give up
- To give in
- To vomit
chuck3 /chuk/ noun- A lump or chunk
- An instrument for holding an object so that it can be rotated, as on the mandrel of a lathe
- Food (slang)
- A cut of beef extending from the neck to the shoulder blade
ORIGIN: Origin uncertain; cf Ital ciocco a block, stump chuck wagon noun A wagon carrying food, cooking apparatus, etc, for cattle herders, etc chuck4 /chuk/ (Can) noun Any large body of water. See also saltchuck under salt1 ORIGIN: Native American chauk dib2 /dib/ noun- One of the small bones of a sheep's leg
- (in pl) a children's game, played by throwing up such small bones or stones (dibˈ-stones), etc from the palm and catching them on the back of the hand (also jacks, or in Scots chuckie-stanes or chucks)
- (in pl) money (also dibbs; slang)
ORIGIN: Ety uncertain dibs on (US) A claim to |