chuck vs conch

chuck

verb
  • To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck. 

  • To discard, to throw away. 

  • To vomit. 

  • To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning. 

  • To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action. 

  • To jilt; to dump. 

  • On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect. 

  • To touch or tap gently. 

  • To leave; to depart; to bounce. 

  • To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner. 

  • To call, as a hen her chickens. 

  • To make a clucking sound. 

noun
  • Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal. 

  • A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder. 

  • A clucking sound. 

  • A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment. 

  • A gentle touch or tap. 

  • A throw, an incorrect bowling action. 

  • An act or instance of vomiting. 

  • On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect. 

  • A small pebble. 

  • A casual throw. 

conch

verb
  • To play a conch seashell as a musical instrument, by blowing through a hole made close to the origin of the spiral. 

  • To refine the flavour and texture of chocolate by warming and grinding, either in a traditional concher, or between rollers. 

noun
  • A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell. 

  • A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet. 

  • The shell of this sea animal. 

  • Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”) 

  • The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself. 

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