patiodog wrote:Ground up up chuck on the ground
Chucked up ground chuck not ground round
Up chuck makes me want to throw up...which brings us back to the true meaning of the chucking that woodchucks do, that is they chuck (or throw) rather throw up (or up chuck).
So many meanings to chuck....
woodchuck
you're a chucker
chuck
chuck up
be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck
chucky
chuckle
Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[u^]k), n.
1. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. [Scot.]
2. pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Chuck \Chuck\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.]
[Imitative of the sound.]
1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.]
--Marston.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Chuck \Chuck\, n. 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. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. --Dryden.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Chuck \Chuck\, n.
1. The chuck or call of a hen.
2. A sudden, small noise.
3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. ``Pray, chuck, come hither.'' --Shak.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Chuck \Chuck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chucked; p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.]
[F. choquer to strike. Cf. Shock, v. t.]
1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
Chucked the barmaid under the chin. --W. Irving.
2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.]
``Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile.'' --Lord Palmerson.
3. (Mech.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Chuck \Chuck\, n.
1. A slight blow or pat under the chin.
2. A short throw; a toss.
3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(In Australia, chooks do not "chuck" they "cluck">)