Defn: A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]
CHUCK
Chuck, n.
Defn: 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. [Colloq.]
CHUCKLE
Chuc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chuckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Chuckling.]
Etym: [From lst Chuck.]
1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] Dryden.
CHUCKLE
Chuc"kle, n.
Defn: A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.
CHUCKLE
Chuc"kle, v. i. Etym: [From lst Chuck.]
Defn: To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.