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Chucked
() of Chuck
Chucking
() of Chuck
Chuck
() To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
Chuck
() To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
Chuck
() 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.
Chuck
() A slight blow or pat under the chin.
Chuck
() A short throw; a toss.
Chuck
() A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
Chuck
() A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
Chuck
() A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
Chuck
() 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.
Chuckled
() of Chuckle
Chuckling
() of Chuckle
Chuckle
() To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck.
Chuckle
() To fondle; to cocker.
Chuckle
() A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
Chuckle
() To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
Chucklehead
() A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce.
Chuckleheaded
() Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
Chuck-Will's-widow
() A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.
Chud
() To champ; to bite.
Chuet
() Minced meat.
Chufa
() A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.
Chuff
() A coarse or stupid fellow.
Chuff
() Stupid; churlish.
Chuffily
() Clownishly; surlily.
Chuffiness
() The quality of being chuffy.
Chuffy
() Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
Chuffy
() Rough; clownish; surly.
Chulan
() The fragrant flowers of the Chloranthus inconspicuus, used in China for perfuming tea.
Chum
() A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.
Chummed
() of Chum
Chumming
() of Chum
Chum
() To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college.
Chum
() Chopped pieces of fish used as bait.
Chump
() A short, thick, heavy piece of wood.
Chunam
() Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar.
Chunk
() A short, thick piece of anything.
Chunky
() Short and thick.
Church
() A building set apart for Christian worship.
Church
() A Jewish or heathen temple.
Church
() A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
Church
() A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
Church
() The collective body of Christians.
Church
() Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
Church
() The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
Churched
() of Church
Churching
() of Church
Church
() To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.
Church-ale
() A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used.