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chucker

noun

Etymology

From chuck + -er.

  1. derived from schocken — “to bump, shake”
  2. derived from chuquier — “to collide, strike”
  3. inherited from chokken — “to thrust, pierce, cram”
  4. formed as chucker — “chuck + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who chucks

    One who chucks; a thrower.

  2. A bowler who throws or chucks the ball rather than bowling it.

  3. Alternative form of chukker.

    • […] each chucker, which lasts only seven and one-half minutes. Sometimes when horses are sufficiently rested they are reinstated at a later period in relay fashion.
    • […] polo, with hundreds of girls, dressed very much like nurses, flattening out the hoof marks after each chucker; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA