chuck
chuck
/tʃʌk/
1 (especially British English, informal) to throw something carelessly or without much thought
chuck something (+ adv./prep.) He chucked the paper in a drawer.
chuck somebody something Chuck me the newspaper, would you?
2 (informal) to give up or stop doing something
chuck something You haven't chucked your job!
chuck something in/up I'm going to chuck it all in (= give up my job) and go abroad.
3 chuck somebody (British English, informal) to leave your boyfriend or girlfriend and stop having a relationship with him or her
Has he chucked her?
4 chuck something (informal) to throw something away
That's no good—just chuck it.
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Phrasal Verbs
e.g.
I usually chucked them without looking at them since they didn't seem to apply to me any more than lipstick ads did. 口紅の広告と同様にぼくいは関わりのないものと、たいていは目もくれずに投げだしていた。
chuck
/tʃʌk/
1 countable a part of a tool such as a drill that can be moved to hold something tightly 2 singular (Northern British English, informal) a friendly way of addressing somebody What's up with you, chuck?
3 (also chuck steak) uncountable meat from the shoulder of a cow Word Origin
verb late 17th cent. (as a verb): from chuck, referring to a playful touch under the chin, probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer ‘to knock, bump’, of unknown ultimate origin.