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# chuck

«chuck» in Mova's school dictionary: **to throw it, often casually** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (chuck, chucks, chucked, chucking); noun (a chuck, chucks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) To chuck something is to throw it, often casually. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#m1)

2) (informal) To chuck something out or away is to throw it in the bin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#m2)

3) (informal) To chuck something in or chuck it is to give it up or quit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#m3)

4) (informal, UK) To chuck a boyfriend or girlfriend is to end the relationship with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#m4)

5) (Australia, slang) To chuck a sickie is to stay off work pretending to be ill; to chuck a U-ey is to do a U-turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#m5)

6) A chuck is the part of a drill that holds the bit tight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#m6)

7) (northern England, informal) "Chuck" is a friendly word for a person, like "love" or "dear". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

It is common in everyday and playground talk in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland; in a story it shows casual speech. In maths problems "chuck" just means throw. Phrases: chuck out, chuck away, chuck it in, chuck a sickie, chuck a wobbly (Australia: throw a tantrum), chuck up (vomit), chuck it down (rain heavily).

### examples

- Chuck me the ball! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x1)
- Don't chuck your rubbish on the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x2)
- Mum chucked out the old shoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x3)
- It's chucking it down, so take a coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x4)
- He chucked in his paper round after a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x5)
- My brother chucked a wobbly when the TV went off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x6)
- She chucked 5 stones into the pond and then 3 more, so she chucked 8 in all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x7)
- Tighten the chuck before you start drilling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x8)
- "Ta, chuck," said the lady at the bus stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x9)
- “But I shouldn't have minded all that if it hadn't been for that little fellow on top of the house, who kept a-hollering, 'Chuck him up to me-e! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/#x10)

### note

Regular verb: chucked. Informal register: in a formal exam write "throw" or "discard". "Chuck up" can mean to be sick, so be careful. Not related to the name Chuck (short for Charles). In problems, chucked/thrown away means subtract from what is kept.

### In the corpora

- [A lollipop lady or man helps children cross the road outside school; «chuck» is a Northern word for «dear».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/483-neighbours-who-dont-speak-and-the-friendly-shopkeeper/36/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chuck» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chuck/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.