CHUCK


Meaning of CHUCK in English

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

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.

N-COUNT

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