chuck

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.

3》 (chuck up) vomit.

noun (the chuck) Brit. a dismissal or rejection.

Phrases

chuck it down rain heavily.

Derivatives

chucker noun

Origin

C17: from chuck².

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chuck²

verb touch (someone) playfully under the chin.

noun a playful touch under the chin.

Origin

C17: prob. from OFr. chuquer, later choquer 'to knock, bump'.

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chuck³

noun

1》 a device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill.

2》 (also chuck steak) a cut of beef extending from the neck to the ribs.

Origin

C17, as a var. of chock; see also chunk¹.

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chuck⁴

noun N. English informal used as a familiar form of address.

Origin

C16: alt. of chick¹.