1
as in dumps
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 leaves
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 throws
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 chucks
Frustrated by this, Orson chucks that tungsten cube that keeps popping up, putting a hole in the wall.
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Chalamet crawls out of the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird chamber and chucks the helmet to the ground, displaying his now shaven head.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
Chalamet crawls out of the weird-for-the-sake-of-being-weird chamber and chucks the helmet to the ground, displaying his now shaven head.
—Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chucks
Verb
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The new security mode dumps the traditional login option via email address and passwords, which hackers can steal to break in.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
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Marcia is happy because Greg was honest, while Jennifer dumps him.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That company is a subsidiary of CBD American Shaman, the nationwide retail empire run by Vince Sanders, who claims credit for developing 7-OH, a potent gas station opioid that researchers consider to be more addictive than the kratom leaves it is derived from.—
Matthew Kelly
May 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 May 2026
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And every one squandered leaves a mark, takes its toll, ages you just a bit — and takes you one year closer to hockey oblivion.—
Mark Lazerus,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Huang throws the first group dinner of the series and, when confronted with both the rumors and the lying, quits on the spot.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Dubbing herself a spin pitcher who doesn’t focus on velocity, Sheehan still throws hard, usually hitting between 59 and 64 mph.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The only smart move Spirit ever made was to call it quits after deciding the juice wasn’t worth the squeeze.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2026
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But in the end, higher jet fuel prices triggered by the Iran war drained cash from the business at an accelerating pace, forcing it to call it quits.—
Bernard Condon,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
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In a video demonstrating their technology, robots with a single arm attached to a base watch as a human instructor tosses a ball into a small container.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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Sneak extra broccoli into dinner with this pesto pasta that blends the veggie into both the sauce and tosses it into the finished dish too.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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To stop the most determined hackers, OpenAI is introducing a new security mode for ChatGPT and Codex accounts that ditches traditional passwords for more secure alternatives.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
30 Apr. 2026
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If the Supreme Court rules for Louisiana and ditches Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and ends the majority-minority district requirement, what’s your next move in Annapolis?—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Theron, meanwhile, hurls herself into the sinewy action sequences that have increasingly been her home turf over the past two decades, flinging herself down hills and into rivers and navigating some precarious rock-climbing terrain.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hathaway hurls herself into that punishing sequence with violent physical force and emotional rawness.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Chucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chucks. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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