Synonyms of chucking

chucking

verb

present participle of chuck

1

as in dumping

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

after the power outage we reluctantly chucked everything that had been sitting in the fridge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumping
• discarding
• ditching
• unloading
• losing
• tossing
• abandoning
• scrapping
• jettisoning
• shedding
• rejecting
• removing
• eliminating
• junking
• exorcising
• casting (off)
• flinging (off or away)
• sloughing (off)
• throwing away
• shucking (off)
• disposing of
• dismissing
• laying by
• deep-sixing
• sluffing (off)
• setting aside
• throwing out
• pitching
• forsaking
• eighty-sixing
• deserting
• cashiering
• eradicating
• abolishing
• abdicating
• exterminating
• kicking out
• expunging
• extinguishing
• annihilating
• wiping out
• extirpating
• liquidating
• stamping (out)
• rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• using
• adopting
• embracing
• employing
• utilizing
• holding
• keeping
• taking on
• retaining
• holding back

2

as in leaving

to give up (a job or office)

I swear, I have half a mind to chuck this job and become a hermit!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaving
• quitting
• abandoning
• bagging
• giving notice
• retiring (from)
• resigning (from)
• vacating
• stepping down (from)
• stepping aside (from)
• throwing up
• dropping out (of)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• staying (at)
• hiring (out or on)

3

as in throwing

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm

chucked a wad of paper at his friend's back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• throwing
• tossing
• hurling
• flinging
• slinging
• firing
• launching
• hurtling
• lobbing
• heaving
• pelting
• casting
• bowling
• pegging
• catapulting
• pitching
• dashing
• darting
• flipping
• lofting
• rolling
• gunning
• letting fly
• projecting
• thrusting
• ejecting
• hooking
• passing
• propelling
• precipitating
• shooting
• bucking
• impelling
• rifling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chucking

Branch was fined $23,186 earlier this season for chucking Tucker Kraft’s helmet in a Week 1 game against the Green Bay Packers. —Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025

Life is actually like just chucking lemons at me right now. —Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

These strong arms are also used for building dens, chucking shells, competing for mates, and more. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025

Instead of chucking your hair dryer and cord under the sink, Adriana Aziz of Maid for You recommends making use of the cabinet’s vertical space. —Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025

Hurts punctuated one score by chucking the ball into the stands and shrugging his shoulders much like his friend and mentor, Michael Jordan, who received a nice ovation when he was shown on the big screen. —Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

If there’s an argument for chucking reason to the wind and just enjoying the vibes, then the experimental musician Moses Sumney, as the jester Feste, is best at making it. —Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

Brett Ryan, aided by Robbie Carter’s young daughter, scurried to place markers at the sites of the longest throws, before chucking the corpses back to the starting line. —Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025