(chuk) noun
1. A chick; hen.
2. A short clucking sound; a cluck.
3. Archaic An endearing sound or word.
—v.i. To cluck, as a fowl does, or as in calling fowls. [Imit.]

(chuk) v.t.
1. To pat or tap affectionately or playfully, as under the chin.
2. To throw or pitch: to chuck a baseball.
3. Colloq. To throw away; discard.
4. Colloq. To throw out forcibly; eject: with out.
5. Brit. Slang To quit: He chucked his job.
—noun
1. A playful pat, throw, or toss.
2. Brit. A game of pitch-and-toss, played with coins or pebbles: also called chuck′–far′thing. [Cf. F choquer shake, jolt]

(chuk) noun
1. Mech. A clamp, chock, or wedge to hold a tool, as a drill. See illustration under BIT.
2. The part of a beef extending from the neck to the shoulder blade.
3. Colloq. a Food. b A meal. c Mealtime.
—v.t. To place or fix in or by means of a chuck; do with a chuck. [Var. of CHOCK]
CHUCKS
a. Geared scroll chuck.
b. Planer chuck.
c. Drill chuck.
d. Tapping chuck.
e. Independent reversible–jaw lathe chuck.
f. Beach drill chuck.
g. Sectional view of drill chuck.