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chuck

[chuhk] / tʃʌk /
VERB
throw aside, throw away, throw out
Synonyms
STRONG
abandon can cast desert discard ditch eject fire fling flip forsake heave hurl jettison junk launch pitch quit reject relinquish renounce scrap shed shy sling slough toss
WEAK
eighty-six give the heave-ho
Antonyms
STRONG
allow approve finish hire hold keep retain stay support take take in

Example Sentences

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“Just make your scrambled eggs basically the way that you normally do. A little bit before the eggs are totally firm, chuck in a little lemon zest,” Chavez says.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

If that doesn’t pan out for either of them, Tamma figures they’ll just chuck it all and live off the grid in Utah: “After graduation, you just go, ‘I’m not going to college!

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Rodgers kept Pittsburgh in a sloppy game, pulling fresh life out of fellow Steeler revivals like Adam Thielen and Marquez Valdes-Scantling and making Baltimore edgy with the occasional chuck down the field.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

"When I was getting trained, they literally said, if they're not in just leave it in the blue bin or just chuck it behind the fence."

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Tree gave him a light chuck on the shoulder.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline