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- noun Plural form of
chuck . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
chuck .
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Examples
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"Batman and Robin chucks all the excess baggage that hampered Batman R. I.P"
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Batman and Robin chucks all the excess baggage that hampered Batman R.I.P. -- the elbow in the ribs riffing on classic tales of yesteryear, the need to make an important statement about the character, Tony Daniel -- fills up the gas tank to its flying Batmobile with rocket fuel and proceeds to floor that puppy out of the cave with nary a glance backward.
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I love the idea of chucks witha dress, and those wedged gladiators are fabulous!
today’s office style! | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog 2009
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I love the idea of chucks witha dress, and those wedged gladiators are fabulous!
today’s office style! | Free People Clothing Boutique Blog 2009
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The extremity which projects beyond this last collar is formed into a screw, by which various instruments, called chucks, can be attached to it.
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures Charles Babbage 1831
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His chucks were a huuuuuge hit at the reception, though - everyone commented on how cute they were!
Weddingbee 2009
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Plus, they look like nunchucks, or better yet, sword chucks or even better, wand chucks!!!!
WordPress.com News Ian Lesnet 2008
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Calgary must be a trendy town ... the 'chucks' don't have brakes either.
Parroting: Continual Conversations with the Road BikeSnobNYC 2010
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"Then you'll load them codfish aboard, or pay demurrage on that barge for every day they hang around; an 'if the Board o' Health condemns 'em an 'chucks 'em overboard I'll sue you an' Mac for my lost profits, git a judgment agin you, an 'take over the _Victor_ to satisfy the judgment."
Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates Gordon [Illustrator] Grant 1918
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And last and least, and more numerous than all, were the smaller "chucks" resembling prairie dogs.
The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse Hamlin Garland 1900
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