chuck
chuck /tʃ'ʌk/ (chucks chucking chucked)
1 [VERB] V n prep/adv
When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way. (INFORMAL)
I took a great dislike to the clock, so I chucked it in the dustbin...
= throw
2 [VERB] V n
If you chuck your job or some other activity, you stop doing it. (INFORMAL)
Last summer, he chucked his 10-year career as a London stockbroker and headed for the mountains.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
In British English chuck in and chuck up mean the same as chuck.
Almost half the British public think about chucking in their jobs and doing their own thing at least once a month.
3 [VERB] V n
If your girlfriend or boyfriend chucks you, they end the relationship. (INFORMAL)
There wasn't a great fuss when I chucked her.
4 [N-COUNT]
A chuck is a device for holding a tool in a machine such as a drill.chuck away
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P
If you chuck something away, you throw it away or waste it. (INFORMAL)
You cannot chuck money away on little luxuries like that.chuck in
see chuck 2chuck out
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you chuck something out, you throw it away, because you do not need it or cannot use it. (INFORMAL)
Many companies have struggled valiantly to use less energy and chuck out less rubbish.
= throw away
2 [PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P, be V-ed P of n, V n P
If a person is chucked out of a job, a place, or their home, they are forced by other people to leave. (INFORMAL)
Any head teacher who made errors like this would be chucked out...
I was chucked out of my London flat in 1960...
Her parents are going to chuck her out on the street.chuck up
see chuck 2
1 [VERB] V n prep/adv
When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way. (INFORMAL)
I took a great dislike to the clock, so I chucked it in the dustbin...
= throw
2 [VERB] V n
If you chuck your job or some other activity, you stop doing it. (INFORMAL)
Last summer, he chucked his 10-year career as a London stockbroker and headed for the mountains.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
In British English chuck in and chuck up mean the same as chuck.
Almost half the British public think about chucking in their jobs and doing their own thing at least once a month.
3 [VERB] V n
If your girlfriend or boyfriend chucks you, they end the relationship. (INFORMAL)
There wasn't a great fuss when I chucked her.
4 [N-COUNT]
A chuck is a device for holding a tool in a machine such as a drill.chuck away
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P
If you chuck something away, you throw it away or waste it. (INFORMAL)
You cannot chuck money away on little luxuries like that.chuck in
see chuck 2chuck out
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), also V n P
If you chuck something out, you throw it away, because you do not need it or cannot use it. (INFORMAL)
Many companies have struggled valiantly to use less energy and chuck out less rubbish.
= throw away
2 [PHRASAL VERB] be V-ed P, be V-ed P of n, V n P
If a person is chucked out of a job, a place, or their home, they are forced by other people to leave. (INFORMAL)
Any head teacher who made errors like this would be chucked out...
I was chucked out of my London flat in 1960...
Her parents are going to chuck her out on the street.chuck up
see chuck 2