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chuck1 /tʃʌk /informal verb [with object]1Throw (something) carelessly or casually: someone chucked a brick through the window figurative chucking money at the problem won’t solve it...- There's amusement in his eyes as he strides into the room casually chucking his jacket over the back of the sofa.
- People in the town feed these pigeons and until they stop chucking food about we will not get rid of them.
- But I also agree with him that the second may be a bit more positive than just the government chucking money at traffic jams.
Synonyms throw, toss, fling, hurl, pitch, cast, lob, launch, flip, catapult, shy, dash, project, propel, send, bowl; let fly with informal heave, sling, bung, buzz, whang North American informal peg Australian informal hoy New Zealand informal bish 1.1 Cricket (Of a bowler) deliver (a ball) with an unlawful action.He made the point that intelligent bowlers did not chuck every ball....- The conclusion that all bowlers chuck at varying degrees has stupefied a section of opinion, notably the Australians.
- According to the International Cricket Council, ninety-nine per cent of all test bowlers chuck!
1.2 (often chuck something away/out) Throw (something) away: they make a living out of stuff people chuck away...- The pleasure of having a disk that is brimming to capacity, chucking it out and throwing in a new one that's 5 times the size is immeasurable.
- A former Dutch prosecutor, who resigned last year after it emerged he had chucked his old PC out with the trash is in trouble again.
- Besides, I felt relieved as I didn't have to chuck the stuff away.
Synonyms throw away, discard, throw out, dispose of, get rid of, toss out, dump, bin, scrap, jettison informal ditch, junk, get shut of British informal get shot of North American informal trash 2End a relationship with (a partner): Mary chucked him for another guy...- McFadden has been through a lot: painfully and publicly dumped by her husband, then chucked again by the publicity-seeking Dan Corsi.
- For the most part, it's about getting back at people who chucked you.
- He becomes homesick, his girlfriend chucks him for a Tannadice midfielder, he takes to drink and gives up the game.
Synonyms leave, throw over, drop, finish with, stop going out with, break off one's relationship with, desert, abandon, leave high and dry informal dump, ditch, give someone the elbow, walk out on, run out on, leave flat British informal give someone the push, give someone the big E, bin off dated jilt archaic forsake 2.1Give up (a job or activity): Richard chucked in his course...- That's when the Minish athlete chucked in her pensionable job for the hard world of professional athletics, but she has been an admirable student since then.
- Oh, and did I mention that 12 months prior I had chucked in a cushy job in a University Science department to pursue this dream?
- Freshly enrolled in Ballyfermot senior college in Dublin, the former waiter knew he was right to have chucked in his old job and turned his hand to journalism.
Synonyms give up, leave, resign from, abandon, relinquish informal quit, pack in, jack in 2.2 ( chuck it) dated Stop doing something: chuck it, Ross!...- I can understand why Sir Alex Ferguson is not chucking it.
- He didn't have a problem that way, because at least I wasn't seen to be chucking it.
- To adapt G. K. Chesterton's advice to another public worthy: chuck it, Hockney.
noun1A throw.Needless to say, the effort of the big chuck caused me to throw coils of line all over the place, so I stopped to sort myself out. 2 (the chuck) British informal A dismissal or rejection: he’s still wondering why and how Mrs T got the chuck PhrasesPhrasal verbschuck someone out chuck up Derivativeschucker noun ...- Cricket history is replete with examples of chuckers - the most memorable for Indian fans being West Indian paceman Charlie Griffith whose bowling nearly killed Nari Contractor at Barbados in 1962.
- Right now they all appear to be tarred with the same brush - albeit inadvertently innocent to say the least, given known chuckers in cricket were forced from the game down the years.
- I don't want to name names, but you don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out who the chuckers are.
OriginLate 17th century (as a verb): from chuck2. This informal word meaning ‘throw’ is the same as the one meaning ‘touch (someone) playfully under the chin’, probably from Old French chuquer, ‘to knock, bump’ (of unknown ultimate origin). The chuck (late 17th century) of a drill is a variant of chock, with chunk (late 17th century) another variant. The phrase the chuck expressing rejection (give somebody the chuck) dates from the late 19th century, while the sense ‘to vomit’ is an Australianism from the mid 20th century.
Rhymesbuck, Canuck, cluck, cruck, duck, luck, muck, pluck, puck, ruck, schmuck, shuck, struck, stuck, suck, truck, tuck, upchuck, yuck chuck2 /tʃʌk /verb [with object]Touch (someone) playfully under the chin: he chucked the baby under its chin...- ‘You won't go short!’ she says to her son in baby talk, chucking him under the chin.
- Nicholas laughed and lightly chucked Susan under the chin.
- She smiled wickedly and chucked him under the chin.
nounA playful touch under the chin: she gave him a good-natured chuck under the chin...- But let's be clear there - a chuck under the chin is quite sufficient to convince me that affection can last the distance.
- He gave the toddler a chuck under the chin which earned him a toothy grin.
- Kelly reached forward and gave her a token chuck under the chin.
OriginEarly 17th century (as a noun): probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer 'to knock, bump', of unknown ultimate origin. chuck3 /tʃʌk /noun1A device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill, typically having three or four jaws that move radially in and out: a power-drill chuck a three-jaw chuck...- One of the challenges of crank grinding relates to clamping the workpiece in the chuck so that the crank pin can be cylindrically ground.
- To make the feet, the turner placed an offset chuck on the lathe and turned this part of the leg along a second axis.
- Other keyless devices consist of rotating knobs (similar to a chuck on a drill) on the slide mechanism.
2 [mass noun] (also chuck steak) A cut of beef that extends from the neck to the ribs, typically used for stewing: the trays of fat-speckled chuck and sweetbreads had been put in the refrigerator...- Shred about 10 ounces cooked beef brisket or chuck.
- Cut the pork, venison, chuck steak and kielbasa sausage into 2.5cm / 1in cubes, then toss together in the flour.
- Similarly, the steak and kidney pie is now made with best blade steak rather than chuck beef.
OriginLate 17th century, as a variant of chock; see also chunk1. chuck4 /CHək /noun US informalFood or provisions.Moving to America, one finds that the category of food known as chuck to cowboys is rich in examples of one-pot dishes. OriginMid 19th century: perhaps the same word as chuck3. chuck5 /tʃʌk /noun Northern English informalUsed as a friendly form of address: ‘Can I help you at all, chuck?’...- I was wearing my tattered skirt with a black belt, my chucks, and a really weird purple Sex pistols shirt that I found in the garbage somewhere.
OriginLate 16th century: alteration of chick1. chuck6 /CHək / |