Chuck Meaning
/t͡ʃʌk/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounMeat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
nounFood.
Sentence Examples
Chuck me the ball.
Uninstall method: Chuck the whole folder into the recycle bin.
Chuck Norris was born in the house he built.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef decided to ____ the spoiled meat into the trash bin.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He decided to ____ the old newspapers into the recycling bin tonight.
Word Origin & History
Variant of chock.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Arm chucks represent approximately 54% of the beef forequarters."
— 1975, Thomas Fabbricante, William J. Sultan, Practical Meat Cutting and Merchandising: Beef, page 141:
"Often, pieces of the chuck are sold boneless as flat chunks of meat or rolled and tied."
— 2001, Bruce Aidells, Denis Kelly, The Complete Meat Cookbook: A Juicy and Authoritative Guide, page 190:
"The chucks are that portion of foresaddle remaining after excluding the hotel rack and plate portions of the breast as described in Item No. 306. The veal foreshanks (Item No. 312) and brisket may either be attached or separated and packaged with the chucks."
— 2006, North American Meat Processors Association, The Meat Buyers Guide: Beef, Lamb, Veal, Pork, and Poultry, page 113:
"“Hambone, how's for chuck?”
Hambone removed pipe from mouth, slowly. “Wal, I reckon I still got a few whistleberries left. Some sonofabitch stew mabbe. A few shot biscuits.”"
— 1951, Frederick Feikema Manfred, Riders of Judgment, Second, published 2014, →ISBN:
"Iron and steel in contact with magnets retain some of the magnetism, which is sometimes more or less of a nuisance in getting small work off the chucks."
— 1912, Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley, American Machinist Grinding Book, page 322:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The chef decided to ____ the spoiled meat into the trash bin.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He decided to ____ the old newspapers into the recycling bin tonight.