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chucked it (in). 3 chuck someone under the chin to touch someone gently or playfully under the chin
chuck sbdy./sthg. ⇔ out phr v [T] infml 1 [(off)] to force (a person) to leave: The owner threatened to chuck us out (of the restaurant) if we didn't stop singing. 2 to throw away (something useless or unwanted); get rid of; DISCARD: I'm going to chuck out these old shoes. —chucker-'out n
chuck² n 1 a gentle or loving stroke under the chin 2 give someone the chuck/get the chuck BrE infml to dismiss someone/be dismissed from a job or relationship
chuck³ n 1 [U] meat, especially BEEF, from the side of an animal just above the top of the front legs: chuck steak 2 [C] an apparatus for holding a tool etc in a machine
chuck·le /'tʃʌkəl/ v [I] to laugh quietly: I could hear him chuckling to himself as he read his book. → see LAUGH (USAGE) —chuckle n: He gave a chuckle.
chuck wagon n AmE a truck which carries and provides food for a group of people
chuffed /tʃʌft/ adj [F] BrE infml pleased or happy: She's very chuffed about her new job.
chug /tʃʌg/ v -gg- 1 [I+adv/prep] (of an engine or vehicle) to make, or move while making, a low repeated knocking sound: I heard the little car chugging along/away. | They watched the old steam engine chugging up the hill. 2 [T] AmE infml to drink quickly: He chugged his lemonade. —chug n [S] the chug of the motorboat
chuk·ker /'tʃʌkər/ also chuk·ka /-kə/ n one of the periods of seven minutes each into which the game of POLO is divided
chum¹ /tʃʌm/ n, especially BrE infml a good friend, especially among children; a word used especially by MIDDLE-CLASS and UPPER-CLASS adults: his school chums
chum² v -mm-
chum up phr v [I (with)] especially BrE infml to make friends: She's chummed up with the girl in the next room.
chum·my /'tʃʌmi/ adj [(with)] especially BrE infml friendly
chump /tʃʌmp/ n 1 infml a fool; a word used especially by MIDDLE-CLASS and UPPER-CLASS people: You chump, Rodney! 2 also chump chop /'- ./ — especially BrE a thick piece of meat with a bone through one end 3 (go) off your chump BrE slang (to become) mad
chunk /tʃʌk/ n 1 [(off)] a thick piece or lump with a usually irregular shape: a chunk of coal/cake/cheese 2 infml a large part or amount: The car repairs took quite a chunk out of her salary.
USAGE Compare chunk, hunk, slice, and lump.
A chunk is a large, usually uneven piece of a solid material: a chunk of meat. Hunk is similar in meaning but is used especially of food that can be broken or cut off: a hunk of bread. A slice is a thin flat neatly cut piece of something, especially food: a slice of bread/cheese. A lump is a mass of a solid material that does not have a regular size or shape, especially a mass that has not been shaped by people: a lump of clay. (But a lump of sugar is usually regular in size and shape.)
hunk·y /'tʌŋki/ adj 1 short, thick, and solid 2 infml, sometimes apprec (of a person, especially a man) having a broad chest and strong-looking body, and not very tall 3 (of materials, clothes etc) thick and heavy: a chunky woollen sweater | a chunky silver bracelet 4 (of food) containing thick solid pieces: chunky marmalade
tun·nel, the /'tʌnl/ a name used especially in newspapers for the CHANNEL TUNNEL
hurch¹ /tʃɜːtʃ||'tʃɜːrtʃ/ n 1 [C] a building for public Christian worship: Our house is opposite the Baptist church. | the church spire | a Gothic church 2 [U] the religious SERVICES (=ceremonies) held in a church: They go to church every Sunday. | I saw them at church/after church. | a church service
CULTURAL NOTE In the US and the UK, churches have regular SERVICES on Sundays, and have special services on religious holidays such as Easter and Christmas. Churches are also used for special ceremonies such as weddings, CHRISTENINGS, and funerals, and people who are not Christian are invited to these ceremonies too.
3 [the+S] the profession of the CLERGY (=priests and people employed for religious reasons): to enter/join the church 4 [U] religious power as compared with state power: the separation of church and state 5 [C(usually cap.)] the organization of Christian believers, or of any of the various branches of Christianity: the Catholic Church | the Church of England → see also CHAPEL, HIGH CHURCH, LOW CHURCH; compare MEETINGHOUSE
church² adj [F] BrE old-fash (in England and Wales) belonging to the established state church: My uncle's church, but none of the rest of us are. → compare CHAPEL
Church, Char·lotte /'ʃɑːlɒt||'ʃɑːr-/ (1986–) a British singer from Wales who first became famous when she was still a child. She sings different types of music including OPERA and POP. She is known for becoming a MILLIONAIRE at a very young age.
Church Com'missioners, the n a group of people who are responsible for managing the buildings and money of the Church of England
church·go·er /'tʃɜːtʃˌgəʊə||-ɜːr-/ n a person who regularly attends public Christian worship in a church
Chur·chill, Sir Win·ston
/'tʃɜːtʃɪl||'tʃɜːr-, 'wɪnstən/
(1874–1965) a British politician in the CONSERVATIVE Party who was Prime Minister during most of World War II and again from 1951 to 1955. He is still remembered and admired by most British people as a great leader who made possible Britain's victory in the war. He is also famous for the many speeches he made during the war, especially on the radio, encouraging British people to believe that they would eventually win. Pictures of Churchill usually show him wearing a hat and smoking a large CIGAR. He is also known for making the V-SIGN to show his belief in a British victory in the war. —ian /tʃɜː'tʃɪliən||tʃɜːr-/ adj: a stirring Churchillian speech
church·key /'tʃɜːtʃki:|'tʃɜːrtʃ-/ n AmE infml BOTTLE OPENER
church·man /'tʃɜtʃmən||'tʃɜːrtʃ-/ n pl. -men /mən/ a priest; CLERGYMAN
Church of 'England, the n the state religion in England, which separated from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century. Its priests can marry, its official leader is the Queen or King, and its most important priest is the ARCH-BISHOP of CANTERBURY. Members of the Church of England are called 'Anglicans'. → see also ANGLICAN COMMUNION —C of E adj
Church of 'Ireland, the n an independent ANGLICAN church in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 'Saints, the n the official name of the MORMON church, established in the US by Joseph SMITH in 1830
Church of 'Scotland, the n the official PRESBYTERIAN church in Scotland
'church school n in Britain a PRIMARY SCHOOL that is partly controlled by a church
church·war·den /ˌtʃɜːtʃ'wːdn||'tɜːrtʃwɔːrdn/ n (in a Church of England church) either of two people who are not priests and are elected, by the people who attend a church, to be responsible for that church's property and money
church 'wedding n a wedding which takes place in a church, especially a TRADITIONAL wedding
church·yard /'tʃɜːtʃjɑd||'tʃːrtʃjɑːrd/ n a piece of ground around and belonging to a church, in which dead members of that church are buried. Not all churches have a churchyard, especially in the US. → compare CEMETERY, GRAVE-YARD