The difference between Chuck and Junk
When used as nouns, chuck means meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal, whereas junk means discarded or waste material.
When used as verbs, chuck means to make a clucking sound, whereas junk means to throw away.
check bellow for the other definitions of Chuck and Junk
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Chuck as a noun (cooking):
Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
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Chuck as a noun (US, slang, dated):
Food.
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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.
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Chuck as a noun (dialect, obsolete):
A chicken, a hen.
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Chuck as a noun:
A clucking sound.
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Chuck as a noun (slang):
A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
Examples:
"Are you all right, chuck?"
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Chuck as a noun:
A gentle touch or tap.
Examples:
"She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin."
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Chuck as a noun (informal):
A casual throw.
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Chuck as a noun (slang):
An act of vomiting.
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Chuck as a noun (cricket, informal):
A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
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Chuck as a verb:
To make a clucking sound.
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Chuck as a verb:
To call, as a hen her chickens.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Chuck as a verb:
To touch or tap gently.
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Chuck as a verb (transitive, informal):
To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
Examples:
"Chuck that magazine to me, would you?"
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Chuck as a verb (transitive, informal):
To discard, to throw away.
Examples:
"This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it."
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Chuck as a verb (transitive, informal):
To jilt; to dump.
Examples:
"She's chucked me for another man!"
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Chuck as a verb (intransitive, slang):
To vomit.
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Chuck as a verb (intransitive, cricket):
To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
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Chuck as a verb (South Africa, slang, intransitive):
To leave; to depart; to bounce.
Examples:
"Let's chuck."
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Chuck as a verb (obsolete):
To chuckle; to laugh.
Examples:
"rfquotek Marston"
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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.
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Chuck as a noun:
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Chuck as a noun (Scotland):
A small pebble.
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Chuck as a noun (Scotland, obsolete, slang, in the plural):
Money.
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Junk as a noun:
Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.
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Junk as a noun:
A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.
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Junk as a noun (slang):
Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
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Junk as a noun (slang):
The clothed genitalia.
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Junk as a noun (nautical):
Salt beef.
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Junk as a noun:
Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
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Junk as a noun (dated):
A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.
Examples:
"rfquotek Lowell"
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Junk as a verb (transitive):
To throw away.
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Junk as a verb (transitive):
To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop)
Examples:
"(On Facebook, a record collector wrote:) "The newest addition to my Annette Hanshaw collection, I junked this beautiful flawless E-copy within walking distance from my house."
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Junk as a noun (nautical):
A Chinese sailing vessel.