I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chuck steak
chuck wagon
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Chuck me those cigarettes, would you?
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As much as I hate it, I'm not willing to chuck my job.
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Just go ahead and chuck out the batteries.
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She took off her shoes and chucked them on the floor.
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Somebody in the crowd chucked a bottle onto the field.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And chuck that bulk-paid glossy stuff in the trash before you put the key in the door.
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But I never got the grant, and I chucked Cassatt and Morisot.
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By this time they had been chucked out of the garden of course.
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He chucks it into the sea.
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I picked it up and chucked it back.
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One blonde-haired little girl was chucked under the chin; she winced.
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Outside, Ben was barking for Marie to go and chuck sticks fur him.
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Wolfgang Petersen's movie chucks all these non-narrative elements overboard.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a drill chuck
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ground chuck
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Boning and muscle-boning of the chuck produce roasts and steaks bearing such names as petite steak and flatiron roast.
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It is important not to use conventional chucks for hammer drilling.
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Meat cuts used include pork shoulders; beef chuck , brisket, and flank; and trimmings of all kinds.
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The banding clamps and three-jaw chuck I have, are home made.