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and what sort of chucking is said woodchuck performing?
chuck1 /tʃʌk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[chuhk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object)
1. to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance.
2. Informal. to resign from; relinquish; give up: He's chucked his job.
3. to pat or tap lightly, as under the chin.
4. Informal. to eject (a person) from a public place (often fol. by out): They chucked him from the bar.
5. Slang. to vomit; upchuck.
–noun
6. a light pat or tap, as under the chin.
7. a toss or pitch; a short throw.
8. a sudden jerk or change in direction.
—Idiom
9. chuck it, British Slang. stop it; shut up.
chuck2 /tʃʌk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[chuhk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. the cut of beef between the neck and the shoulder blade.
2. a block or log used as a chock.
3. Machinery.
a. a device for centering and clamping work in a lathe or other machine tool.
b. a device for holding a drill bit.
–verb (used with object)
4. Machinery. to hold or secure with a chuck.
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chuck3 /tʃʌk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[chuhk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1. to cluck.
–noun
2. a clucking sound.
3. Archaic. (used as a term of endearment): my love, my chuck.
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chuck4 /tʃʌk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[chuhk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun Western U.S. Slang.
food; provisions.
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chuck5 /tʃʌk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[chuhk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun Canadian Slang.
1. water.
2. any body of water.
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