chuck

  • 41chuck — [[t]tʃʌ̱k[/t]] chucks, chucking, chucked 1) VERB When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way. [INFORMAL] [V n prep/adv] I took a great dislike to the clock, so I chucked it in the dustbin... [V n prep/adv]… …

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  • 42chuck —    In modern times, especially in the USA, this is often a nickname of someone whose real first name is Charles. Occasionally it is heard as a survival of a term of endearment well used since the sixteenth century, a variant of ‘chick’ or… …

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  • 43chuck — 1. AND chuck up in. to empty one’s stomach; to vomit. (See also upchuck.) □ Look! Somebody chucked. □ I think I gotta chuck! 2. tv. to throw something away. □ Chuck this thing. It’s no good. D The …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 44chuck — chuck1 /chuk/, v.t. 1. to toss; throw with a quick motion, usually a short distance. 2. Informal. to resign from; relinquish; give up: He s chucked his job. 3. to pat or tap lightly, as under the chin. 4. Informal. to eject (a person) from a… …

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  • 45chuck — chuck1 informal verb 1》 throw carelessly or casually.     ↘(chuck something away/out) throw something away.     ↘(chuck someone out) force someone to leave a building. 2》 end a relationship with (a partner).     ↘(usu. chuck something in) give up …

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  • 46chuck — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 colloq. fling or throw carelessly or with indifference. 2 colloq. (often foll. by in, up) give up; reject (chucked in my job). 3 touch playfully, esp. under the chin. n. a playful touch under the chin. Phrases and idioms: the… …

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  • 47Chuck — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Chuck », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Musique Chuck : album du groupe Sum 41… …

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  • 48chuck — Synonyms and related words: Chateaubriand, abandon, abjure, abstract, anchorage, barf, be seasick, be sick, beak, blade roast, boot out, bounce, bowl, breast, bring up, brisket, brush, brush aside, bunt, cackle, call, carol, cast, cast aside,… …

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  • 49chuck — I. n a term of endearment literally meaning chicken in northern English speech. It was originally a rural dialect term imitat ing the sound of clucking (chook in modern Australian English). II. vb 1. to vomit. A moderately respectable euphemism… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 50Chuck — /chuk/, n. 1. a male given name, form of Charles. 2. Usually Disparaging. a. a white man. b. white society, culture, and values. * * * (as used in expressions) Berry Chuck Close Chuck Jones Chuck Yeager Chuck * * * …

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