| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| chuck | verb i. | To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck., To chuckle; to laugh., To call, as a hen her chickens., The chuck or call of a hen., A sudden, small noise., A word of endearment; — corrupted from chick., To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to., To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch., 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., A slight blow or pat under the chin., A short throw; a toss., A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon., A small pebble; — called also chuckstone and chuckiestone., A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones., 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. |
| chuet | noun | Minced meat. |
| chufa | noun | A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond. |
| chuff | noun | A coarse or stupid fellow., Stupid; churlish. |
| chump | noun | A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. |
| chunk | noun | A short, thick piece of anything. |
| churl | noun | A rustic; a countryman or laborer., A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor., A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard., Churlish; rough; selfish. |
| churn | verb t. | A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separate the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter., To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter., To shake or agitate with violence., To perform the operation of churning. |
| chuse | verb t. | See Choose. |
| chute | noun | A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel., See Shoot. |