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chuck

UK/t͡ʃʌk/ US/t͡ʃʊk/ common informal slang us
verb (4) noun (3)

verb

1.

throw carelessly

  • “chuck the ball”
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2.

throw away

  • “Chuck these old notes”
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3.

pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

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4.

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

  • “After drinking too much, the students vomited”
  • “He purged continuously”
  • “The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night”
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noun

1.
2.

the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade

3.

a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill

Origin

From earlier chock, likely imitative, but perhaps also from Middle English chokken (“to thrust, pierce, cram”), from Picard Old French chuquier (“to collide, strike”, intransitive verb), from Middle Dutch schocken (“to bump, shake”). Doublet of shock and shuck.

Phrases

  • chuck a charley
  • chuck a dummy
  • chuck a sickie
  • chuck a spaz
  • chuck a uey
  • chuck a wobbly
  • chuck and toss
  • chuck away
  • chuck it
  • chuck it in
  • chuck it up
  • chuck key

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