chucks

present tense third-person singular of chuck

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chucks
Verb
  • Marysol and Alexia take Julia, Lisa, and an unusually dour Adriana, who is moping about her birthday and how society discards women of a certain age.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Shredding high-voltage storage systems discards valuable resources.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her athletic resume leaves small room for debate on who, besides her, can be crowned the greatest female sprinter of all time.
    Katelyn Hutchison, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes, leaves even turn purple, notes the Chicago Botanic Garden.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Miz throws a fastball that averages 99 mph and a slider that sits at 94 mph.
    The Athletic MLB Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Joe Burrow #9 of the Cincinnati Bengals throws a pass during the first quarter against the Cleveland Browns during the game at Huntington Bank Field on September 07, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Of that land where America dumps all its loose nuts?
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Dexter steals Prater’s yacht and dumps his body bags in the New York Harbor, right in front of the Statue of Liberty.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Nina Dobrev and Shaun White are reportedly calling it quits.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Noble Riot joins First Draft Taproom & Kitchen in calling it quits in RiNo recently.
    Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The dog descends a few stairs and continues barking loudly as the perpetrator tosses the dynamite into the courtyard.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That appeared to be a distraction at times to Anisimova, who motioned to her team in the stands that something was bothering her during ball tosses for serves.
    Howard Fendrich, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dual Front mode Rainbow Six Siege ditches turn-taking to let players attack and defend simultaneously.
    Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Its Foamy pad ditches the air in favor of all-foam construction.
    Wes Siler, Outside, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Cars pull into the courtyard; someone unloads a television from the back of one of them.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Chucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chucks. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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