I saw a woodchuck today*. I just have one question: in the expression, "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?", what exactly is chuck? I mean, it's clear from the context that it's functioning as a verb in the sentence, but is chuck really a verb? I realize that colloquially it means, “to throw or hurl recklessly”; however, I’m quite completely unsure as to whether it actually should be used in this manner. I’ll check dictionary.com.


*Blatant lie