chacking

Verb (1)

chack (third-person singular simple present chacks, present participle chacking, simple past and past participle chacked)

1. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

Verb (2)

chack (third-person singular simple present chacks, present participle chacking, simple past and past participle chacked)

1. (transitive, ice-skating) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.
   • Michael Chack pulled WAY up in the standings in his long [skate event]...but was chacked while we saw five guys skate worse!!1998, Louis Epstein, “US National Men's Final RESULTS”, in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure (Usenet)

Verb (3)

chack (third-person singular simple present chacks, present participle chacking, simple past and past participle chacked)

1. (intransitive) Of birds: to make a sudden harsh call.
   • Fieldfares which chacked as they rose from berried hedgerows and isolated thorns were in their winter quarters; they had yet to face a long sea crossing to nest.1967, A year with the curlews: life on the Northern Pennines, page 16

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