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US
/ˈtʃək/
]
[ UK /tʃˈʌk/ ]
[ UK /tʃˈʌk/ ]
VERB
-
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously -
throw away
Chuck these old notes - pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
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throw carelessly
chuck the ball
NOUN
- a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- informal terms for a meal
- the part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
How To Use chuck In A Sentence
- Chuck Greenberg, CEO of the Texas Rangers, slammed New York Yankees fans for their actio ns during the American League Championship Series in an interview on ... Chuck Greenberg, Texas Rangers CEO, Blasts Yankees Fans On Radio
- Many families buy more food than they can possibly eat - maybe because it is on offer - and chuck it out when it gets past the use-by date.
- Some came to seek the new power, some to chuckle, others to satisfy their curiosity.
- We chuckled together as she stood and reached up to the top shelf of a grand bookcase in the corner.
- I'm going to chuck it all in and go abroad.
- It is important not to use conventional chucks for hammer drilling.
- I don't want to name names, but you don't need to be a rocket scientist to work out who the chuckers are.
- The Government said that it will legislate to keep the parties in the room, and then chuck another $1 million at the Department of Labour, and set up a semi-autonomous, not totally autonomous, unit.
- Chuck is short for Charlie, and Charlie is the old code name for a down-home white bigot.
- At the height of the craze, I stood on the North Bank at Highbury in a forest of bananas, watching awestruck as they celebrated another goal going in by either bopping your neighbour over the head, or simply chucking the thing in the air.