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Definitions for Chucking

[1] to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance.
[2] Informal . to resign from; relinquish; give up: He's chucked his job.
[3] to pat or tap lightly, as under the chin.
[4] Informal . to eject (a person) from a public place (often followed by out ): They chucked him from the bar.
[5] Slang . to vomit; upchuck.
[6] a light pat or tap, as under the chin.
[7] a toss or pitch; a short throw.
[8] a sudden jerk or change in direction.
[9] chuck it , British Slang . stop it; shut up.
[10] the cut of beef between the neck and the shoulder blade.
[11] a block or log used as a chock.
[12] Machinery . a device for centering and clamping work in a lathe or other machine tool. a device for holding a drill bit.
[13] Machinery . to hold or secure with a chuck.
[14] to cluck.
[15] a clucking sound.
[16] Archaic . (used as a term of endearment): my love, my chuck.
[17] informal to throw
[18] to pat affectionately, esp under the chin
[19] (sometimes foll by in or up ) informal to give up; reject he chucked up his job ; she chucked her boyfriend
[20] (intr usually foll by up ) slang , mainly US to vomit
[21] chuck off at Australian and NZ informal to abuse or make fun of
[22] a throw or toss
[23] a playful pat under the chin
[24] the chuck informal dismissal
[25] Also called: chuck steak a cut of beef extending from the neck to the shoulder blade
[26] Also called: three jaw chuck a device that holds a workpiece in a lathe or tool in a drill, having a number of adjustable jaws geared to move in unison to centralize the workpiece or tool Also called: four jaw chuck , independent jaw chuck a similar device having independently adjustable jaws for holding an unsymmetrical workpiece
[27] (intr) a less common word for cluck (def. 2)
[28] a clucking sound
[29] a term of endearment
[30] a large body of water
[31] short for saltchuck

Words related to Chucking

chuckshed, toss, pitch, ditch, heave, quit, renounce, scrap, slough, reject, forsake, junk, sling, fling, fire, hurl, jettison, desert, relinquish, eject

Words nearby Chucking

chuckchubby, chubsucker, chubut, chuchchi, chuchow, chuck, chuck in, chuck off, chuck out, chuck wagon, chuck-a-luck

Origin of Chucking

31350–1400; Middle English chuk, expressive word, apparently imitative

Word origin for Chucking

C19: from Chinook Jargon, from Nootka chauk

Synonyms for Chucking

abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, slough, toss, eighty-six, give the heave ho