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单词 chuck-farthings
释义

chuck2 /chuk/

transitive verb
  1. To toss
  2. To pitch
  3. To abandon or dismiss
  4. To stroke or tap lightly under the chin
noun
  1. A gentle stroke or tap under the chin
  2. A toss or throw, hence dismissal (informal)
  3. A pebble or small stone (more usu chuckˈie, chuckˈie-stone or Scot chuckˈie-stane )
  4. (in pl) a game with such stones (often called chuckˈies)
  5. Any game of pitch-and-toss
ORIGIN: Fr choquer to jolt; allied to shock1

chuck'er noun

chucker-outˈ noun (informal)

A person who expels undesirable people, eg from a public house, a meeting, etc, a bouncer

chuck-farˈthing noun

Formerly, a game in which a farthing was chucked into a hole

chuckˈhole noun (N American)

A pothole

chuck in (informal)

  1. To give up
  2. To abandon
  3. To make a contribution to the cost of (Aust)

chuck it (informal)

  1. To stop, give over
  2. To rain (down) heavily

chuck off (Aust and NZ sl; usu with at)

To abuse

chuck out (informal)

  1. To expel (a person)
  2. To throw away, get rid of

chuck up (informal)

  1. To give up
  2. To give in
  3. To vomit
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