Antonyms for
chuck
Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
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No Antonyms Found for Chuck

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All Definitions for Chuck

Below are all the dictionary definitions of chuck:

1Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
2Food.
3A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
4To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
5To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
6A clucking sound.
7A friend or close acquaintance
8Term of endearment.
9To make a clucking sound.
10To call, as a hen her chickens.
11A gentle touch or tap.
12A casual throw.
13A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
14An act or instance of vomiting.
15On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
16To touch or tap gently.
17To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
18To throw
19To bowl with an incorrect action.
20To discard, to throw away.
21To jilt
22To dump.
23To give up
24To stop doing
25To quit.
26To vomit.
27To leave
28To depart
29To bounce.
30On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
31A small pebble.
32A chicken, a hen.
33To chuckle
34To laugh.
35Money.
36A form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.
37A Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe.
38The city of Edmonton.
39Abbreviation of woodchuck. [(Northern US) A rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots, Marmota monax.]

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About antonyms for chuck

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