Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The small hole in the ground into which the farthing is to be thrown in the game of chuck-farthing; also, the game itself.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering especially in a road surface.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US a
pothole
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a pit or hole produced by wear or weathering (especially in a road surface)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The Bronco seemed to hit every bump and chuckhole on the road home.
Baby Games Chelsea White 2010
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Chase shouted at his younger sister as she drove straight over a chuckhole.
Texas! Chase Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1991
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Forty-two She didn't raise her head until the Blazer jounced over a chuckhole.
Best Kept Secrets Brown, Sandra, 1948- 1989
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I tried to raise myself forward to keep the pressure off my wrists, but each chuckhole in the road sent me back into the seat and another dig into my skin.
The Lost Get-Back Boogie James Lee Burke 1986
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The Duke was the Air Force's leading expert on covert low-level missions, and it was said that he could "bull's-eye a chuckhole in a Kansas tornado at midnight."
Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986
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The very next day we began dancing and singing and taking turns at the chuckhole bar.
Tramping on Life Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960 1922
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The very next day we began dancing and singing and taking turns at the chuckhole bar.
Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Harry Kemp 1921
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Tim, who had unslung his rope, aimin 'to help the hosses out of the chuckhole, snatched her off the horn, and with one of the prettiest twenty-foot flip throws I ever see done he snaked old Texas Pete right out of his wicky-up, gun and all.
Arizona Nights Stewart Edward White 1909
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The government needs a reasonable amount of time to repair the chuckhole.
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The government needs a reasonable amount of time to repair the chuckhole.
ruzuzu commented on the word chuckhole
"The small hole in the ground into which the farthing is to be thrown in the game of chuck-farthing; also, the game itself."
--Cent. Dict.
October 30, 2012