CHUCK

Chuck

Chuck is an American action-comedy/spy-drama television series created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central Intelligence Agency ; the message embeds the only remaining copy of a software program containing the United States' greatest spy secrets into Chuck's brain.

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chuck

Noun

  1. Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
  2. A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A chicken, a hen.
  2. A clucking sound.
  3. A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
    Are you alright, chuck?
  4. A gentle touch or tap.
    She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
  5. A casual throw.
  6. An act of vomiting.
  7. A throw, an incorrect bowling action.

Noun (etymology 3)

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. A small pebble.

Verb

  1. To make a clucking sound.
  2. To call, as a hen her chickens.
  3. To touch or tap gently.
  4. To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
    Chuck that magazine to me, would you?
  5. To discard, to throw away.
    This food′s gone off - you′d better chuck it.
  6. To vomit.
  7. To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
  8. To leave; to depart; to bounce.
    Let's chuck.
  9. To chuckle; to laugh.
  10. 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.


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