Chuck vs. Huck — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Chuck and Huck
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Chuck
Chuck is a masculine given name or a nickname for Charles or Charlie.
Huck
Throw (something)
People have been hucking trash into the trees
Chuck
To pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin.
Huck
Huckaback.
Chuck
To throw or toss
Chucked stones into the water.
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Huck
To throw or toss.
Chuck
(Informal) To throw out; discard
Chucked my old sweater.
Huck
To cause (a vehicle or board such as a skateboard) to leave the ground when executing a jump or stunt.
Chuck
(Informal) To force out; eject
Chucking out the troublemakers.
Huck
To go over or across (an obstacle), especially when executing a stunt.
Chuck
(Informal) To give up; quit
Chucked her job.
Huck
To jump or go off (an object or cliff, for example), as in snowboarding or basejumping.
Chuck
To make a clucking sound.
Huck
To leave the ground when executing a jump or stunt, as on a skateboard.
Chuck
An affectionate pat or squeeze under the chin.
Huck
To throw or chuck.
He was so angry that he hucked the book at my face.
Chuck
A throw, toss, or pitch.
Huck
To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
Chuck
A cut of beef extending from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade.
Huck
To throw one's body in the air, possibly in a way that is ungraceful or lacks skill.
Chuck
A clamp that holds a tool or the material being worked in a machine such as a lathe.
Huck
To throw a frisbee a long distance.
Chuck
A clamping device for holding a drill bit.
Huck
To make a long throw with the frisbee; to start a point by making such a throw.
Chuck
(Informal) Food.
Huck
(mountain biking) To attempt a particularly big jump or drop, often haphazardly.
A longer fork makes the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck more stuff.
If you huck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.
Chuck
A clucking sound.
Huck
(mountain biking) To make a maneuver in a clumsy or poorly planned way.
Chuck
(cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
Huck
To paddle off a waterfall or to boof a big drop.
I hucked a sweet 25-foot waterfall on the Tomata River.
Chuck
Food.
Huck
(dated) To haggle in trading.
Chuck
(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.
Huck
(Ultimate Frisbee) A long throw, generally at least half a field in length.
Chuck
A chicken, a hen.
Huck
A drop or jump off a cliff or cornice.
Chuck
A clucking sound.
Huck
(dialect) A person's hip.
Chuck
(slang) A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
Are you all right, chuck?
Huck
To higgle in trading.
Chuck
A gentle touch or tap.
She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
Huck
Toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric
Chuck
(informal) A casual throw.
Chuck
A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
Chuck
(slang) An act or instance of vomiting.
Chuck
(music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
Chuck
Abbreviation of woodchuck
Chuck
To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
Chuck
To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
Chuck
To make a clucking sound.
Chuck
To call, as a hen her chickens.
Chuck
(obsolete) To chuckle; to laugh.
Chuck
To touch or tap gently.
Chuck
To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
Chuck that magazine to me, would you?
Chuck
To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
Chuck
To discard, to throw away.
This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it.
Chuck
To jilt; to dump.
She's chucked me for another man!
Chuck
To give up; to stop doing; to quit.
Chuck
To vomit.
Chuck
To leave; to depart; to bounce.
Let's chuck.
Chuck
(music) On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
Chuck
To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.
Chuck
To chuckle; to laugh.
Chuck
To call, as a hen her chickens.
Chuck
To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
Chucked the barmaid under the chin.
Chuck
To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
Chuck
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.
Chuck
The chuck or call of a hen.
Chuck
A sudden, small noise.
Chuck
A word of endearment; - corrupted from chick.
Chuck
A slight blow or pat under the chin.
Chuck
A short throw; a toss.
Chuck
A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
Chuck
A small pebble; - called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
Chuck
A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
Chuck
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.
Chuck
Informal terms for a meal
Chuck
The part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
Chuck
A holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
Chuck
Throw carelessly;
Chuck the ball
Chuck
Throw away;
Chuck these old notes
Chuck
Pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
Chuck
Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
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