CHUCKING Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

chucking

verb

present participle of chuck

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 When Washington’s starting pitcher erred Wednesday, chucking the ball several feet wide of first base, the Padres were off and running toward their fifth win in six games, counting the series victory against the Yankees to begin the homestand. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026 One happened in July and led to Jackson chucking a tight end’s helmet high into the air. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026 The episode feinted toward genuine rapprochement before yanking the rug out, leaving the Gang pelted with an industrial-grade indoor blizzard and then happily chucking rocks at passing trains, as was Mac and Charlie’s childhood tradition. — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026 One of Noe’s younger boys stood on a ladder under the orange tree, plucking fruit from the branches and chucking them to the ground, scattering the chickens. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026 Rather than chucking the entire function at the agent all at once, start incrementally. — Thenuka Karunaratne, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 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. — 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

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Verb

Earlier Tuesday afternoon, the weather service said thunderstorms were already dumping heavy rain across the region, with more rain on the horizon.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
An out-of-town attorney was abducted outside a Midtown Manhattan strip club and savagely beaten by four thieves who stole his Rolex watch and iPhone before dumping him in a New Jersey nature reserve, federal officials said Tuesday.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of dumping

Verb

Robin recalled the animal charging at him twice, leaving puncture marks near his hip from clawing at him.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
To achieve the best results, spread a thin layer across the soil’s surface, leaving space around the stems.

— Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of leaving

Verb

The cast, who had been supportive of Paul’s controversy and mental-health struggles before the cancellation, were appalled at a video leaked in March of Paul throwing a stool at her ex, Dakota Mortensen, that almost hit her young daughter.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
After making his final start on May 14, White was diagnosed with a left shoulder capsular sprain, which is a tearing or stretching of the thick tissue wrapping around his throwing shoulder joint.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of throwing

Verb

During the response, drone pilots spotted the man discarding a rifle outside the residence, police said.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
That method involves preserving the initial prompt and the last several thousand reasoning tokens, but discarding many of the intermediate reasoning tokens.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of discarding

Verb

Because high-potency vapes drive up physical tolerance, standard quitting aids — like over-the-counter patches or nicotine gum — can sometimes feel inadequate to a user seeking immediate relief.

— Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Instead of quitting cold turkey, a growing group is carving out intentional pockets of offline time, a move that’s colliding with the analog aesthetic revival, phone-free spaces and friction tools designed to hand control back to the user.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of quitting

Verb

Cook, tossing and adding more pasta cooking liquid a little at a time as needed, until sauce lightly coats pasta, about 2 minutes.

— Carla Lalli Music, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
That was the message from Chiefs running back Kenneth Walker, who learned this week he had been fined $8,000 by the NFL for tossing the ball out of the end zone after his touchdown catch in a 31-10 win over the Broncos on Monday.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of tossing

Verb

Harington told the podcast that the Potter audiobooks were helpful in the wake of ditching alcohol.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
By ditching all-wheel drive for pure rear-wheel drive, VW is hoping driving dynamics, tactile steering feedback and chassis playfulness means more to modern buyers than raw neck-snapping speed.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of ditching

Verb

People were clutching their stomachs, hurling vomit into buckets.

— Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Shot in Lancaster, California, in the middle of the desert, Skye throws a milkshake at a car before a group of people from the nearby diner rushes out and joins in, hurling food at the vehicle.

— Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2026