In general, a mechanical device to hold something, such as a drill bit, firmly in place, as in a high-speed rotating machine such as a drill or grinder
a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin throw carelessly; "chuck the ball"
A portable fire hydrant carried on the apparatus with one or more gated connections for fire hose The device screws into a special flush hydrant connection on the water main or a special main Also an air line connection
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"
If you chuck your job or some other activity, you stop doing it. Last summer, he chucked his 10-year career as a London stockbroker and headed for the mountains. In British English chuck in and chuck up mean the same as chuck. Almost half the British public think about chucking in their jobs and doing their own thing at least once a month
When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way. I took a great dislike to the clock, so I chucked it in the dustbin = throw
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
A cylinder shaped device with two, three or four moveable jaws inside so that when one part of the cylinder is turned and the other held still, the jaws close to hold a bit Used on drills A typical chuck will hold from 1/16" to 3/8" Collet