chuck
noun/tʃʌk/
/tʃʌk/
- [countable] a part of a tool such as a drill that can be moved to hold something tightly
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- [singular] (Northern British English, informal) a friendly way of addressing somebody
- What's up with you, chuck?
- (also chuck steak)[uncountable] meat from the shoulder of a cow
Word Originnoun sense 1 and noun sense 3 late 17th cent., as a variant of chock; see also chunk. noun sense 2 late 16th cent.: alteration of chick.
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