The difference between Chuck and Jettison

When used as nouns, chuck means meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal, whereas jettison means collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

When used as verbs, chuck means to make a clucking sound, whereas jettison means to eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.


check bellow for the other definitions of Chuck and Jettison

  1. Chuck as a noun (cooking):

    Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

  2. Chuck as a noun (US, slang, dated):

    Food.

  3. Chuck as a noun (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.

  1. Chuck as a noun (dialect, obsolete):

    A chicken, a hen.

  2. Chuck as a noun:

    A clucking sound.

  3. Chuck as a noun (slang):

    A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.

    Examples:

    "Are you all right, chuck?"

  4. Chuck as a noun:

    A gentle touch or tap.

    Examples:

    "She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin."

  5. Chuck as a noun (informal):

    A casual throw.

  6. Chuck as a noun (slang):

    An act of vomiting.

  7. Chuck as a noun (cricket, informal):

    A throw, an incorrect bowling action.

  1. Chuck as a verb:

    To make a clucking sound.

  2. Chuck as a verb:

    To call, as a hen her chickens.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  3. Chuck as a verb:

    To touch or tap gently.

  4. Chuck as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.

    Examples:

    "Chuck that magazine to me, would you?"

  5. Chuck as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To discard, to throw away.

    Examples:

    "This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it."

  6. Chuck as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To jilt; to dump.

    Examples:

    "She's chucked me for another man!"

  7. Chuck as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To vomit.

  8. Chuck as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

    To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.

  9. Chuck as a verb (South Africa, slang, intransitive):

    To leave; to depart; to bounce.

    Examples:

    "Let's chuck."

  10. Chuck as a verb (obsolete):

    To chuckle; to laugh.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Marston"

  11. Chuck as a verb:

    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.

  1. Chuck as a noun:

  1. Chuck as a noun (Scotland):

    A small pebble.

  2. Chuck as a noun (Scotland, obsolete, slang, in the plural):

    Money.

  1. Jettison as a noun (uncountable):

    Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

  2. Jettison as a noun (countable):

    The action of jettisoning items.

  1. Jettison as a verb:

    To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

    Examples:

    "The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill."

    "The jettisoning of fuel tanks''."

  2. Jettison as a verb:

    To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard.