to make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.-to chuckle; to laugh.-to call, as a hen her chickens.-the chuck or call of a hen.-a sudden, small noise.-a word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.-to strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.-to toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.-to place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.-a slight blow or pat under the chin.-a short throw; a toss.-a contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.-a small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.-a game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.-a piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast.