Chick vs. Chuck — What's the Difference?

A young bird, especially one newly hatched

Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie.

A young woman

To pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.

(in South Asia) a folding bamboo screen for a doorway.

To throw or toss

A young chicken.

(Informal) To throw out; discard

One of the young of any bird.

(Informal) To force out; eject

A child.

(Informal) To give up; quit

Often Offensive A girl or young woman.

To make a clucking sound.

A young bird.

An affectionate pat or squeeze under the chin.

A young chicken.

A throw, toss, or pitch.

A young child.

A cut of beef extending from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.

A young, typically attractive, woman or teenage girl.

A clamp that holds a tool or the material being worked in a machine such as a lathe.

A friendly fighter aircraft.

A clamping device for holding a drill bit.

A screen or blind made of finely slit bamboo and twine, hung in doorways or windows.

(Informal) Food.

(obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.

A clucking sound.

To compress the lips and then separate them quickly, resulting in a percussive noise.

(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate.

Food.

A chicken.

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

A child or young person; - a term of endearment.

A chicken, a hen.

A young woman; - often considered offensive.

A clucking sound.

Young bird especially of domestic fowl

(slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.

Informal terms for a (young) woman

A gentle touch or tap.

(informal) A casual throw.

A throw, an incorrect bowling action.

(slang) An act or instance of vomiting.

(music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

Abbreviation of woodchuck

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.

To make a clucking sound.

To call, as a hen her chickens.

(obsolete) To chuckle; to laugh.

To touch or tap gently.

To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.

To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.

To discard, to throw away.

To jilt; to dump.

To give up; to stop doing; to quit.

To vomit.

To leave; to depart; to bounce.

(music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

To chuckle; to laugh.

To call, as a hen her chickens.

To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.

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.

The chuck or call of a hen.

A sudden, small noise.

A word of endearment; - corrupted from chick.

A slight blow or pat under the chin.

A short throw; a toss.

A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.

A small pebble; - called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.

A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.

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.

Informal terms for a meal

The part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

A holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

Throw carelessly;

Throw away;

Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;