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
• junking
• exorcising
• eliminating
• dismissing
• throwing away
• disposing of
• laying by
• 86ing
• deep-sixing
• cashiering
• exorcizing
• pitching
• throwing out
• forsaking
• setting aside
• sluffing (off)
• abolishing
• deserting
• eighty-sixing
• casting (off)
• flinging (off or away)
• sloughing (off)
• abdicating
• shucking (off)
• eradicating
• exterminating
• expunging
• kicking out
• annihilating
• extinguishing
• liquidating
• extirpating
• wiping out
• stamping (out)
• rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• staying (at)
• hiring (out or on)

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