chuck
/tʃʌk/
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Definition
Noun:
- A mechanical holding device: A chuck is a tool, often part of a lathe or drill, with adjustable jaws that grip and center a workpiece or a tool.
- A cut of meat: A chuck is a cut of beef from the shoulder and neck area of the animal.
- Informal term for food: (Informal) Chuck can refer to a meal or food in general.
Verb:
- To vomit: (Informal) To chuck means to eject the contents of one's stomach through the mouth; to vomit.
- To throw carelessly: To chuck means to throw something in a casual, careless, or forceful manner.
- To discard or throw away: To chuck means to get rid of something, to discard it.
- To touch affectionately: To chuck means to pat or squeeze someone, especially under the chin, in a playful or fond way.
Examples of Usage
Noun (Mechanical Device):
- He tightened the chuck on the drill to secure the bit.
- The machinist inserted the metal rod into the lathe's chuck.
Noun (Cut of Meat):
- She bought a chuck roast to make a stew.
- Chuck steak is often used for braising.
Noun (Informal: Food):
- Let's go get some chuck. (Let's go get some food.)
Verb (To Vomit):
- He felt sick and had to chuck.
- The bad milk made her chuck.
Verb (To Throw):
- Chuck me the remote, please.
- He chucked the ball over the fence.
Verb (To Discard):
- It's time to chuck these old magazines.
- She decided to chuck her broken phone.
Verb (To Touch Affectionately):
- He chuckled and chucked his daughter under the chin.
Advanced Usage
"to chuck it in": (British, informal) To give up, quit, or stop doing something.
- He was so frustrated with the project that he decided to chuck it in.
"to chuck someone out": To force someone to leave a place, especially a pub or house; to eject or expel.
- The bouncer chucked the troublemaker out of the bar.
"to chuck up": (Informal) To vomit. Also, to quit or abandon something.
- The smell made him feel like chucking up.
- He chucked up his job and went traveling.
Variants and Related Words
- Chuckhole (n): (Chiefly US) A pothole in a road.
- Chuckwagon (n): A wagon equipped with food and cooking facilities, historically for cowboys.
- Woodchuck (n): A North American rodent; a groundhog.
Synonyms
- Verb (Throw): Toss, fling, hurl, lob.
- Verb (Discard): Dump, ditch, jettison, dispose of.
- Verb (Vomit): Puke, barf, spew, regurgitate.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Chuck away: To discard or waste something.
- Don't chuck away this opportunity.
- Chuck out: To discard something, or to eject someone.
- We need to chuck out all this junk.
- They were chucked out for being too noisy.
- Chuck up: (See "Advanced Usage" above).
Related Idioms
- "Chuck it!": (Informal, imperative) An exclamation meaning "Stop it!" or "That's enough!".
- Chuck it! I've heard enough of your complaining.
- "Chuck one's weight about/around": (British, informal) To act in a bossy or bullying manner.
- He got promoted and now he's just chucking his weight around the office.
- "Chuck (in) the towel": To give up or admit defeat (from boxing, where a trainer throws a towel into the ring to stop the fight).
- After failing the exam three times, she finally chucked in the towel.
Noun
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
- informal terms for a meal
Verb
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
- pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
- throw away
- Chuck these old notes
- throw carelessly
- chuck the ball