chuck
verb
[ tʃʌk ]
• throw (something) carelessly or casually.
• "someone chucked a brick through the window"
Similar:
throw,
toss,
fling,
hurl,
pitch,
cast,
lob,
launch,
flip,
catapult,
shy,
dash,
project,
propel,
send,
bowl,
let fly with,
heave,
sling,
bung,
buzz,
whang,
yeet,
peg,
hoy,
bish,
• give up (a job or activity).
• "she wanted to chuck her job"
chuck
noun
• a throw.
• a dismissal or rejection.
• "he's still wondering why and how Mrs T got the chuck"
Origin:
late 17th century (as a verb): from chuck2.
chuck
verb
• touch (someone) playfully under the chin.
• "he chucked the baby under its chin"
chuck
noun
• a playful touch under the chin.
• "she gave him a good-natured chuck under the chin"
Origin:
early 17th century (as a noun): probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer ‘to knock, bump’, of unknown ultimate origin.
chuck
noun
• a device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill, typically having three or four jaws that move radially in and out.
• "a power-drill chuck"
• a cut of beef that extends from the neck to the ribs, typically used for stewing.
• "the trays of fat-speckled chuck and sweetbreads had been put in the refrigerator"
Origin:
late 17th century, as a variant of chock; see also chunk1.
chuck
noun
• food or provisions.
Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps the same word as chuck3.
chuck
noun
• used as a friendly form of address.
• "‘Can I help you at all, chuck?’"
Origin:
late 16th century: alteration of chick1.
chuck
noun
• short for woodchuck.
salt chuck
noun
• the sea, or an inlet of the sea which flows into a lake or river.
Origin:
chuck from Chinook Jargon.
