chackn.

Brit.

/tʃak/, U.S.

/tʃæk/, Scottish English

/tʃak/

Etymology: < chack v., or of parallel formation.

Scottish.

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1. The act of chacking (in sense 1).

2. A ‘bite’ (of food); a snack.

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1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xi. 240 A kind and hospitable invitation ‘to come back and take part o' his family-chack, at ane preceesely’.

1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. ix. 192 He..gives a bit chack of dinner to his friends.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. x. 88 Take a chack of supper.

1852 T. Carlyle Let. 20 Sept. Glad to get to the inn..and there procure some chack of dinner.

3. A local name of the Wheat-ear, also called (from its note) chack-bird n., chacker n. stone-chacker n. at stonechat n. Derivatives and check n.³

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1804 W. Tarras Poems 10 (Jam.) Death—trailt him aff i' his dank car, As dead's a chackart.

1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney iii. i. 308 The White Ear..here denominated the chack.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

chackv.

/tʃak/

Forms: In 1500s chak.

Etymology: In sense 1 imitative of the sound and action; compare clack v.¹ 1; senses 2 and 3 may be distinct words.

1. Chiefly Scottish. To snap with the teeth; to squeeze or crush with a snap of the jaws or by the sudden shutting of a window, door, drawer, or the like; also to make a noise like that of snapping teeth, to clack, clatter, click. Also gen., of the cry of a bird.

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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > cluck or cackle

cackle?c1225

keckle1513

chacka1522

shuckle1598

gallow1825

keck1844

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > move head

chacka1522

to beat upon the hand1607

bore1731

overbend1953

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. xii. 152 With hys wyd chaftis at hym makis a snak, The byt oft falȝeis for ocht he do mycht, And chakkis waist togiddir hys wapynnys wycht.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiv. xi. f. 213/1 Y^e cais chakkit to suddanlie but ony motion or werk of mortall creaturis.

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 35 Some's teeth for cold did chack and chatter.

1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 56 A blue uneasy jay was chacking.

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2. ‘Used of a horse that beats upon the hand when his head is not steady; but he tosses up his nose, and shakes it all of a sudden, to avoid the subjection of the bridle’ (Bailey Vol. II. 1731; and repeated in modern dictionaries). ? Obsolete.

Derivatives

ˈchacking adj.

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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [adjective] > clucking

cackling1567

chacking1801

gallowing1830

1801 J. Hogg Sc. Pastorals 23 (Jam.) For..chackin' mice, and houkin' moudies, His match was never made.

1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New iv. 22 Numerous ‘chacking’ wheatears with brilliantly white rump feathers.

1929 J. Masefield Hawbucks 316 An owl came down..and tore something, with chacking cries between the tears.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	chack
释义	chackn. Brit. /tʃak/, U.S. /tʃæk/, Scottish English /tʃak/ Etymology: < chack v., or of parallel formation. Scottish. Categories » 1. The act of chacking (in sense 1). 2. A ‘bite’ (of food); a snack. ΚΠ 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. xi. 240 A kind and hospitable invitation ‘to come back and take part o' his family-chack, at ane preceesely’. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. ix. 192 He..gives a bit chack of dinner to his friends. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. x. 88 Take a chack of supper. 1852 T. Carlyle Let. 20 Sept. Glad to get to the inn..and there procure some chack of dinner. 3. A local name of the Wheat-ear, also called (from its note) chack-bird n., chacker n. stone-chacker n. at stonechat n. Derivatives and check n.³ ΚΠ 1804 W. Tarras Poems 10 (Jam.) Death—trailt him aff i' his dank car, As dead's a chackart. 1805 G. Barry Hist. Orkney iii. i. 308 The White Ear..here denominated the chack. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). chackv. /tʃak/ Forms: In 1500s chak. Etymology: In sense 1 imitative of the sound and action; compare clack v.¹ 1; senses 2 and 3 may be distinct words. 1. Chiefly Scottish. To snap with the teeth; to squeeze or crush with a snap of the jaws or by the sudden shutting of a window, door, drawer, or the like; also to make a noise like that of snapping teeth, to clack, clatter, click. Also gen., of the cry of a bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > cluck or cackle cackle?c1225 keckle1513 chacka1522 shuckle1598 gallow1825 keck1844 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > move head chacka1522 to beat upon the hand1607 bore1731 overbend1953 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. xii. 152 With hys wyd chaftis at hym makis a snak, The byt oft falȝeis for ocht he do mycht, And chakkis waist togiddir hys wapynnys wycht. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiv. xi. f. 213/1 Y^e cais chakkit to suddanlie but ony motion or werk of mortall creaturis. a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 35 Some's teeth for cold did chack and chatter. 1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox 56 A blue uneasy jay was chacking. Categories » 2. ‘Used of a horse that beats upon the hand when his head is not steady; but he tosses up his nose, and shakes it all of a sudden, to avoid the subjection of the bridle’ (Bailey Vol. II. 1731; and repeated in modern dictionaries). ? Obsolete. Derivatives ˈchacking adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [adjective] > clucking cackling1567 chacking1801 gallowing1830 1801 J. Hogg Sc. Pastorals 23 (Jam.) For..chackin' mice, and houkin' moudies, His match was never made. 1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New iv. 22 Numerous ‘chacking’ wheatears with brilliantly white rump feathers. 1929 J. Masefield Hawbucks 316 An owl came down..and tore something, with chacking cries between the tears. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1804v.a1522
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