chuck
1. informal terms for a meal (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
chow, eats, grub
• Hypernyms:
fare
2. the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
• Hypernyms:
cut of beef
• Part Holonyms:
side of beef
• Part Meronyms:
blade, shoulder
3. a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
• Hypernyms:
holding device
• Hyponyms:
collet, collet chuck
• Part Holonyms:
lathe, drill, electric drill
• Part Meronyms:
jaw
1. throw carelessly (Freq. 2)
- chuck the ball
• Syn:
toss
• Derivationally related forms:
toss (for: toss)
• Hypernyms:
throw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- The children chuck the ball
2. throw away
- Chuck these old notes
• Syn:
ditch
• Usage Domain:
slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot,
patois, vernacular
• Hypernyms:
abandon
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
• Syn:
pat
• Derivationally related forms:
pat (for: pat)
• Hypernyms:
caress, fondle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
• Syn:
vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick,
cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke,
puke, spew, spue, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up
• Ant:
keep down (for: vomit)
• Derivationally related forms:
regurgitation (for: regurgitate), spewer (for: spew), puke (for: puke), puking (for: puke), retch (for: retch), disgorgement (for: disgorge), sick (for: sick), vomit (for: vomit), vomiter (for: vomit), vomiting (for: vomit)
• Hypernyms:
excrete, egest, eliminate, pass
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something (for: throw up)
- Somebody ----s something (for: regurgitate)
- Somebody ----s something (for: retch)
- Somebody ----s something (for: vomit up)
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