Meanings (ES + gloss)
mandril • portabrocas
A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
1824, Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), Transactions, Volume 42, page 88, I have had a chuck of this kind made in brass with the cones of iron, but it is cumbrous and expensiv…
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.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
mamola • manona • palmada
A gentle touch or tap.
She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
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aventar
To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
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chuck a charleychuck a dummychuck a sickiechuck a spazchuck a ueychuck a wobblychuck and tosschuck awaychuck downchuck inchuck it downchuck offchuck one's toys out of the cotchuck one's toys out of the pramchuck outchuck the deuceschuck upchuck-a-luckchuck-farthingchuckablechuckerfuck and chuckupchuck