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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