chuck

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chucks, chucking, chucked

1) VERB When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way. [INFORMAL]

[V n prep/adv] I took a great dislike to the clock, so I chucked it in the dustbin...

[V n prep/adv] That second night, Sid Vicious chucked a bottle at the stage. [Also V n, V n n]

Syn:

throw

2) VERB If you chuck your job or some other activity, you stop doing it. [INFORMAL]

[V n] Last summer, he chucked his 10-year career as a London stockbroker and headed for the mountains.

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PHRASE: V inflects If someone chucks it all, they stop doing their job, and usually move somewhere else. In British English you can also say that someone chucks it all up or chucks it all in.

Then I met my husband, and I chucked it all up for him...

Sometimes I'd like to chuck it all and go fishing.

PHRASAL VERB

In British English chuck in and chuck up mean the same as chuck.

Also V n P V P n (not pron) Almost half the British public think about chucking in their jobs and doing their own thing at least once a month.

3) VERB If your girlfriend or boyfriend chucks you, they end the relationship. [INFORMAL]

[V n] There wasn't a great hoo-ha when I chucked her.

4) N-COUNT A chuck is a device for holding a tool in a machine such as a drill.

Phrasal Verbs:

- chuck away

- chuck in

- chuck out

- chuck up