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 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 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

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Tasks included scooping and dumping sand or gravel, digging and grading trenches, clearing debris from roads, removing tree branches from water edges, and breaking up rocks.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
Another tale describes maintenance workers at the Old Zoo dumping spoiled soda syrup off the cliff, which lured swarms of bees.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of dumping

Verb

But that process has proven slippery for more than 250 communities that received no bids for the 2026-27 season, leaving them to choose whether to stay with the state and wait for emergency bids or find alternative sources.

— Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2026
Amenities and experiences The Rockaway Hotel makes a pretty convincing case for never leaving the property.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of leaving

Verb

As the chase ensued, police said the suspect began throwing various items out the window.

— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Tension seemed to boil over for Jackson, as he was suspended for a period or two of practice after throwing a punch in a scuffle with Giants defenders.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of throwing

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Typical recycling methods often rely on high energy, harsh chemicals, or high temperatures to recover only the carbon fibers while discarding or destroying the epoxy.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2026
Baumgärtner says one goal is creating a more circular economy where manufacturers recover useful components from older products instead of discarding the entire device.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of discarding

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The Rush legend is far from the first musician to publicly talk about quitting weed in some fashion — though only some of them stuck to it, and one of them was totally making it up.

— Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
Instead Liz spent most of the night driving around, thinking about quitting school.

— Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of quitting

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Attacks every inch of the field Operating in an up-tempo version of the Air Raid, Mestemaker is a tall, fluid passer who isn’t shy tossing it all over the yard.

— Dane Brugler, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
That skirmish ended with multiple Saints players pushing Ezeiruaku to the ground and Saints offensive lineman Erik McCoy tossing Ezeiruaku’s helmet to the other side of the field.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of tossing

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In 2018, Becerra, while serving as state attorney general, popped by Thomas’ golf tournament retirement party, ditching his security detail and fielding work calls from the links.

— Ben Paviour August 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The driver continued into the University Park area before ditching the car in a neighborhood.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of ditching

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The storm was still hurling in a few bands of rain to Kauai early Monday, but its worst conditions are now over with, giving residents and officials space to deal with its aftermath.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Ryan released the child, after which he was handcuffed and is accused of hurling insults at the responding police officer, according to the police report.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026