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

Windshield after windshield smashed in Linden Surveillance video from a Linden apartment complex shows a person in the early hours of Monday morning drive up, get out of his vehicle and throw bricks through the windshields of parked cars, chucking them aimlessly from multiple launch points. —Allen Devlin, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026

But only a few moments after chucking a wild runner off the side of the backboard to fall to 0 of 7, Kuminga reeled the Hawks crowd back in with a decisive transition layup over Brandin Podziemski to score his only basket of the night. —Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026

Because chucking a mini pillow and knocking off a person’s hat is *thisclose* to knocking off a person. —Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026

However, McDaniels might be the one who shoots on it the most, chucking the two women’s basketballs Grant also brought for the room. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026

Instead of chucking them in the trash, recycle them. —Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026

Instead of chucking that big portable steamer into your bag, or worrying yourself about the availability of an ironing board at your destination, consider stocking up on wrinkle-free travel clothes instead. —Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025

If blood is that, then attending someone else’s Thanksgiving, or just chucking it and going to a movie, is the default. —Cathie Beck, Denver Post, 23 Nov. 2025

Oldacre finds the line after chucking up a shot at the final seconds of the quarter but misses both. —Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 10 Nov. 2025