chuck

Plural: chucks

Noun

• informal terms for a meal
• the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
• a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
• Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
• Food.
• A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
• A chicken, a hen.
• A clucking sound.
• A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
• A gentle touch or tap.
• A casual throw.
• A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
• An act or instance of vomiting.
• On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
• Abbreviation of woodchuck.
• A small pebble.
• Money.

Verb

Verb Forms: chucked, chucking, chucks

• To throw or toss something in a casual manner.
• throw carelessly
  • "chuck the ball"
• throw away
  • "Chuck these old notes"
• pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
• To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
• To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
• To make a clucking sound.
• To call, as a hen her chickens.
• To chuckle; to laugh.
• To touch or tap gently.
• To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
• To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
• To discard, to throw away.
• To jilt; to dump.
• To give up; to stop doing; to quit.
• To vomit.
• To leave; to depart; to bounce.
• On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.

Examples

• Are you all right, chuck?
• Chuck that magazine to me, would you?
• He decided to CHUCK his last ’U’ onto a double letter score, hoping for a miracle.
• Let's chuck.
• She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin.
• She's chucked me for another man!
• This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it.

Synonyms

barf, be sick, cast, cat, chow, disgorge, ditch, eats, grub, honk, pat, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, toss, upchuck, vomit, vomit up, 86, GTFO, bait, beat it, bin, blow chunks, boak, boke, book, boot, bork, bounce, bow down before the porcelain god, bug off, bugger off, bung, buzz off, can, cast aside, cast away, cast up one's accounts, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, chuck up, chuckie, chuckiestone, chuckstone, chucky, chunder, chunk, cook, cut one's stick, dash, depart, discard, dispose of, drive the porcelain bus, duck out, dump, erupt, exit, feck, fling, gag, get away, get out, get rid of, get sick, go, go away, go out, heave, hield, hoy, huck, hurl, hurtle, jerk, jettison, junk, launch, launch one's lunch, leave, lob, lose one's lunch, make tracks, move on, namous, part, peck, peg, pick, piss off, pitch, pray to the porcelain god, precipitate, project, puke up, pull up stakes, put out, quit, quoit, ralph, regurge, remove, run along, scrap, set forth, set off, set out, shift, shoot the cat, shy, sick up, skew, slight, sling, sling one's hook, split, start, start out, take leave, take off, take one's leave, take wing, talk to God on the big white telephone, talk to Ralph on the big white telephone, thrill, throw, throw aside, throw away, throw out, toss one's cookies, traject, trash, warp, whang, whip, whoops, whop, wing, woof one's cookies, worship the porcelain god, worship the porcelain goddess, yak

Antonyms

keep down

Related Words

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