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Chacked vs Charked - What's the difference?

chacked | charked |

As verbs the difference between chacked and charked

is that chacked is past tense of chack while charked is past tense of chark.

chacked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (chack)

    • chack

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

    • 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)
  • (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.
    • References
    *(Michael Chack) * Origins of the term 'Chack' * rec.sport.skating.ice.figure FAQ * Background information on Michael Chack * Michael Chack on FSM English eponyms

    charked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (chark)

    • chark

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Charcoal; coke.
  • * 1719 , ,
    • ... so I contrived to burn some wood here, as I had seen done in England, under turf, till it became chark or dry coal ...
  • A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire-drill.
  • * 1872 , Charles Hardwick, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-lore ,
    • The discoverer of the chark , or " fire-drill," an instrument for obtaining fire by artificial means, would be so great a benefactor to a people that had to suffer all the inconveniences resulting from occasional fireless hearths, that we may well understand why he may be invested by his astonished and delighted fellow-savages with miraculous or supernatural powers.
  • (US, Alaska) A wine glass.
  • * 2006 , Phyllis Downing Carlson and Laurel Downing Bill, Aunt Phil's Trunk: Early Alaska ,
    • At noon, each man got his half-chark (a wine glass) full of rum and a four-quart iron pot of fish soup made from salt salmon, potatoes and graham flour ... in the evening another half chark of rum and 20 cents as pay for the day's work.
  • A variety of hunting bird.
  • * 1856 , Austen Henry Layard, Discoveries among the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon , 2nd Edition,
    • A good chark will sometimes take as many as eight or ten bustards or five or six gazelles in the course of a morning.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.
  • * 1749 , John Lowthorp, Royal Society of Great Britain, The Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the end of the year MDCC , 5th Edition,
    • I have ?een Turf chark''d, and then it ?erves to work Iron, and, as I have been inform'd will ?erve to make it in a Bloomery or Iron-work. Turf ' chark' d I reckon the ?weete?t and whole?ome?t Fire that can be, fitter for a Chamber and con?umptive People, than either Wood, Stone-Coal or Charcoal.
  • * 1771 , John Whitaker, The History of Manchester , Volume 1,
    • The method which the Romans now taught them of charking the coal continues e??entially the ?ame until the pre?ent moment.
  • (Scotland) To make a grating sound.
  • * 1820 , Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine , Volume 7,
    • The hoarse charking conversation which they carried on was calculated to support the delusion.