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
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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!
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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
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Recent Examples of chucking
As a result, the most important clay-court of all chucking players back into their old way of seeing and understanding the contours of a tennis match is hugely counterproductive.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
Instead of chucking them in the trash, recycle them.
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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.
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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.
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Cathie Beck,
Denver Post,
23 Nov. 2025
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chucking
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The best way to combat mosquitoes is by interrupting their life cycle, consistently dumping out containers, refreshing water in birdbaths, and adding Mosquito Dunks to wet areas that can't be easily drained.
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The first signs were his dramatic overreaction to the girls dumping Gabe.
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The case was initiated in August by an asylum-seeker from Guatemala who was arrested after leaving a routine immigration hearing in San Francisco and then held without access to adequate hygiene, sanitation, medical care and legal advice, according to the complaint.
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The 'new normal' The threats facing high-profile events in 2026 differ from those held in recent decades as technology has quickly evolved, experts said, leaving law enforcement agencies working to catch up.
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The Rockies struck first on TJ Rumfield's first-inning RBI single, but the Twins answered after Lewis scored on a throwing error in the second.
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He was reportedly hired and fired several times and went on to make a few more media appearances on WWE Monday Night Raw and in the Jim Rose Circus as part of a knife-throwing act.
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But the lawyer for suspect Iqbal Bacchus, 46, suggested Bacchus was selling wiring that the hospital was discarding.
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The council also ordered up a measure doubling the amount of money allocated for the Department of Recreation and Parks, discarding an alternative plan that would have increased it by 50%.
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What most people forget is that in 2024, Congress passed a law banning the president from unilaterally quitting NATO without a 60-vote Senate majority or a change in the law.
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Fun platform has seen people pay strangers to perform life-altering tasks, like tattooing meme coins on their foreheads or quitting their jobs.
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Applying frosting is one of the few things that cannot be said to be a subset of Haaland’s métier; after tossing his balky piping bag aside in frustration, the Norseman issued an expletive that was deemed bleep-worthy by Fox’s Standards & Practices crew.
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Given the vast number of teens who are nowadays encountering mental health issues, tossing specialized labor at the matter is simply not realistic.
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For golf cart operators, that evolution absolutely begins by ditching archaic lead-acid relics engineered for a bygone era.
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There are many reasons for this – not the least of which is that ditching the pilot and the cockpit itself opens up the opportunity to not only simplify the design of the aircraft, but also free up valuable cargo space and reduce weight.
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At its core, the hearing involved two former business partners hurling major accusations against one another.
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Jets and winds from black holes are textbook physics, and scientists have observed many supermassive black holes hurling them into space.
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“Chucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chucking. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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