chuck1 verbchuck2 noun
chuckchuck1 /tʃʌk/ verb [transitive] especially British English informal 
WORD ORIGINchuck1
Origin:
1500-1600 Perhaps from Old French chuquer ‘to knock’VERB TABLE
chuck
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | chuck |
| he, she, it | chucks | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | chucked |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have chucked |
| he, she, it | has chucked | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had chucked |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will chuck |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have chucked |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am chucking |
| he, she, it | is chucking | |
| you, we, they | are chucking | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was chucking |
| you, we, they | were chucking | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been chucking |
| he, she, it | has been chucking | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been chucking |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be chucking |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been chucking |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Chuck me those cigarettes, would you?
- As much as I hate it, I'm not willing to chuck my job.
- Just go ahead and chuck out the batteries.
- She took off her shoes and chucked them on the floor.
- Somebody in the crowd chucked a bottle onto the field.
- And chuck that bulk-paid glossy stuff in the trash before you put the key in the door.
- But I never got the grant, and I chucked Cassatt and Morisot.
- By this time they had been chucked out of the garden of course.
- He chucks it into the sea.
- I picked it up and chucked it back.
- One blonde-haired little girl was chucked under the chin; she winced.
- Outside, Ben was barking for Marie to go and chuck sticks fur him.
- Wolfgang Petersen's movie chucks all these non-narrative elements overboard.
Longman Language Activatorto throw something
to make something such as a ball fly through the air by moving your arm quickly and letting it go: · The boys were throwing and catching a frisbee on the beach.throw something on/onto/across/down etc something: · John stood on the beach, throwing stones into the waves.throw something at somebody/something (=in order to try and hit them): · She was so angry that she threw the pan straight at my head.· A couple of kids started throwing stones at my window.throw somebody something (=when you want someone to catch something): · Carrie threw him a box of matches.throw something to somebody: · The La Scala crowd cheered and threw flowers to the 57-year-old tenor.
informal to throw something, especially in a careless way: chuck something on/out of/into etc something: · She took off her shoes and chucked them on the floor.chuck somebody something: · Chuck me those cigarettes, would you?
to throw something carelessly, especially using a lot of force: sling something into/down/over etc something: · The baggage handlers just sling the cases in the back of the bus -- they don't care if anything gets broken.· He watched horrified as they slung the body over the cliff.
to throw something, especially in a careless, relaxed way: toss something into/out of/down etc something: · The fire was started when a passing motorist carelessly tossed a cigarette out of his car.toss somebody something: · He tossed her last week's edition of the "Herald".toss something to somebody: · "Catch!" said Sandra, tossing her bag to Andy.
to throw something so that it goes high in the air before coming down: lob something over/across etc something: · Local kids keep lobbing empty beer cans over our fence.lob something at somebody (=when you want to hit them): · Someone lobbed a book at me, and it hit me in the face.
American to throw something quickly and carelessly: pitch something across/over/onto etc something: · Tod pitched his coat onto the sofa and ran toward the kitchen.pitch something to somebody (=when you want someone to catch something): · She pitched the ball to the little boy.
to throw a heavy object in a violent way, especially because you are angry: hurl something at somebody/something (=when you want to hit them): · Some demonstrators began hurling bricks at the police.hurl something into/out of/across etc something: · He picked up the chair and hurled it across the room.
to throw something quickly and with a lot of force: fling something out of/down/into etc something: · He pulled the knife from her hand and flung it out of the window.fling something at somebody (=when you want to hit them): · When he gave her the tickets she ripped them up and flung them at him.fling somebody something (=when you want someone to catch something): · We flung him the safety rope.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
I decided to chuck it all in and go to Australia.
I decided to chuck it all in and go to Australia.PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► chuck yourself off something► chuck somebody under the chin
1to throw something in a careless or relaxed waychuck something on/out of/into etc something- Outside it was chucking it down and the streets were deserted.
Tania chucked her bag down on the sofa. I chucked a few things into a suitcase and left.chuck somebody something Chuck me that pen, would you?2to throw something away because you do not want it anymore: I think I might have chucked it by mistake.3 (also chuck something ↔ in) to leave your job: You haven’t chucked your job, have you?4British English to end a romantic relationship with someone: Why did Judy chuck him?5chuck it down to rain very heavily: It chucked it down all afternoon.6chuck somebody under the chin to gently touch someone under their chin in a friendly waychuck something ↔ away phrasal verb informal to throw something away because you do not want it anymore: I chucked all my old clothes away when we moved house.chuck something ↔ in phrasal verb to leave your job: He had a job but he chucked it in. I decided to chuck it all in and go to Australia.chuck somebody off something phrasal verb informal1to make someone leave a place or stop using something: He’ll chuck you off his land if he finds you.2chuck yourself off something to jump from somewhere that is very high: She tried to chuck herself off the bridge twice last week.chuck somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb informal1to throw something away because you do not want it anymore: It was broken so I chucked it out.2to make someone leave a place or a job: Their landlord chucked them out when they couldn’t pay the rent.chuck out of They got chucked out of the pub for fighting.chuck1 verbchuck2 noun
chuckchuck2 noun 1[countable] part of a machine that holds something firmly so that it does not move2[singular] spoken a friendly word used to address someone in some parts of northern England- ribaldry
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