Chacks vs Chalks - What's the difference?
chacks | chalks |
(chack)
(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.
*1998: Louis Epstein, US National Men's Final RESULTS in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.skating.ice.figure/browse_thread/thread/5e40b3fa477ba70b/da64de9bdfc766b8?lnk=st&q=chack+skate&rnum=4#da64de9bdfc766b8]
*:Michael Chack pulled WAY up in the standings in his long [skate event]...but was chacked while we saw five guys skate worse!!
*2002: Jonas, International Skating Union Discussion Boards: Figure Skating: Yukari Nakano, the reigning world jr silver medalist, landed a triple axel [http://ww2.isu.org/discus/messages/1/34784a84.html?MondayOctober2120020203pm]
*:I'm hoping ABC doesn't chack her performance...how could they??
*2004: Rex, The Rest of Skate Canada: Phaneuf Rocks! The First Time I saw the Two Canadian Pairs Skate! in rec.sport.skating.ice.figure [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.skating.ice.figure/browse_thread/thread/d0998ee9fbbe1c72/26a9559efe8a5db7?lnk=st&q=chack+skate&rnum=20#26a9559efe8a5db7]
*:Did they chack Kostner's skate because of the fluff piece on the Russian pairs or not? I kind of like her and wanted to see her.
(chalk)
(uncountable) A soft, white, powdery limestone.
(countable) A piece of chalk, or, more often, processed compressed chalk, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard.
Tailor's chalk.
(uncountable, climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk.
(US, military, countable) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
(US, sports, chiefly, basketball) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
* {{quote-news, 1982, March 22, Phil Musick, And the pick here is - Georgetown over Houston, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
, passage=OK, let's get rid of the chalk' players right away. The ' chalk likes North Carolina. Dean Smith has taken Carolina to the Final Four six times.}}
* {{quote-news, 1995, April 6, , Notes on a Scorecard, Los Angeles Times
, passage=Excuse us for sticking with the chalk , but the predicted winners are Afternoon Deelites in the Derby, Oliver McCall over Larry Holmes, Nick Faldo in the Masters, and Al Unser Jr. in the Grand Prix.}}
* {{quote-news, 2008, March 24, Jason Bauman, Non-news of the week: Obama picks North Carolina, Beacon-News, city=Aurora, Illinois
, passage=Instead, he played the chalk and selected the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.}}
To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
(figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
To manure (land) with chalk.
To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
* Herbert
As verbs the difference between chacks and chalks
is that chacks is (chack) while chalks is (chalk).chacks
English
Verb
(head)chack
English
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
From , an American figure skater whose bronze medal winning performance at the 1993 US National Championships was not broadcast on televsion because the producers did not think he would win a medal.Verb
(en verb)References
*(Michael Chack) *Origins of the term 'Chack'*
rec.sport.skating.ice.figure FAQ*
Background information on Michael Chack*
Michael Chack on FSMEnglish eponyms
chalks
English
Verb
(head)chalk
English
Alternative forms
* chaulk (dated)Noun
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Verb
(en verb)- (Mortimer)
- (Tennyson)
- Let a bleak paleness chalk the door.
