Definition of Chucking

1. Verb. (present participle of chuck) ¹

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Definition of Chucking

1. chuck [v] - See also: chuck

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chucking

chuck wagon
chuckawalla
chuckawallas
chucked
chucked up
chucker
chucker-out
chuckers
chuckey
chuckeys
chuckhole
chuckholes
chuckie
chuckies
chucking (current term)
chucking up
chuckle
chuckled
chucklehead
chuckleheaded
chuckleheads
chuckler
chucklers
chuckles
chucklesome
chuckling
chucklingly
chucklings
chucks

Literary usage of Chucking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"Cross-section of Hand Reamer chucking reamers for gray iron and bronze have ... 3 shows a chucking reamer for reaming steel. In these reamers the blades are ..."

2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1891)
"Next to unlimited chucking of his own money, the youthful Englishman would like — what he never gets—the unlimited chucking of other people's. 5. (old). ..."

3. Modern Toolmaking Methods: A Treatise Om Precision Dividing and Locating by Franklin Day Jones (1915)
"Rose chucking Reamers. — These reamers are used for enlarging cored holes ... The grooves on the cylindrical portion of rose chucking reamers are cut by a ..."

4. Mechanical Engineering and Machine Shop Practice by Stanley Holmes Moore (1908)
"chucking Drills. chucking drills are made in a variety of styles and shanks, ... chucking Reamers. chucking reamers, like chucking drills, are sometimes ..."

5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"When the work is large enough to admit heavy tools, they should be used to avoid the spring as much as possible. chucking TOOLS. 23. ..."

6. Text-book of Advanced Machine Work: Prepared for Students in Technical by Robert Henry Smith (1915)
"Fluted chucking reamer, Fig. 24, is obtainable in standard sizes or .005" ... chucking reamers are also obtainable with taper shanks to fit drill sockets. ..."

7. Handbook of Small Tools: Comprising Threading Tools, Taps, Dies, Cutters by Erik Oberg (1908)
"Fluted chucking Reamer with Taper Shank it to cut freely. ... FLUTED chucking REAMERS. Fluted chucking reamers are used in machines for enlarging holes and ..."

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