chuck
chuck
verb
/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?
Synonyms throw
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?
TOPICS Family and relationships C2
4 ​chuck something (informal) to throw something away
That's no good—just chuck it.
Idioms
chuck somebody under the chin
it’s chucking it down
Phrasal Verbs
chuck away
chuck off
chuck out
e.g.
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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
[ /noun]
/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.