Index of English words, starting with "ch"

(1) - Chub (n.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.

(1) - Chubby (a.) Like a chub; plump, short, and thick.

(1) - Chuck (n.) 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.
(2) - Chuck (n.) A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones.
(3) - Chuck (n.) A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone.
(4) - Chuck (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.
(5) - Chuck (n.) A short throw; a toss.
(6) - Chuck (n.) A slight blow or pat under the chin.
(7) - Chuck (v. t.) 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.
(8) - Chuck (v. t.) To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch.
(9) - Chuck (v. t.) To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.
(10) - Chuck (n.) A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick.
(11) - Chuck (n.) A sudden, small noise.
(12) - Chuck (n.) The chuck or call of a hen.
(13) - Chuck (v. t.) To call, as a hen her chickens.
(14) - Chuck (v. i.) To chuckle; to laugh.
(15) - Chuck (v. i.) To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.