transcription, транскрипция: [ tʃʌk ]
( chucks, chucking, chucked)
1.
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
VERB : V n prep / adv
2.
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.
VERB : V n
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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.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P
3.
If your girlfriend or boyfriend chucks you, they end the relationship. ( INFORMAL )
There wasn’t a great fuss when I chucked her.
VERB : V n
4.
A chuck is a device for holding a tool in a machine such as a drill.
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