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{
"term": "chuck",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "chuck",
"heSheIt": "chucks"
},
"pastSimple": "chucked",
"pastParticiple": "chucked",
"ingForm": "chucking"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to throw something carelessly or without much thought",
"sensetop": "chuck something (+ adv./prep.)chuck somebody something",
"labels": "(especially British English, informal)especially British English",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He chucked the paper in a drawer.",
"contextForm": "chuck something (+ adv./prep.)"
},
{
"text": "Chuck me my bag, would you?",
"contextForm": "chuck somebody something"
},
{
"text": "She chucked the bags down onto the floor."
},
{
"text": "He picked up the letter and chucked it into the bin."
},
{
"text": "The children have been chucking their toys around again."
},
{
"text": "Chuck me that pen, can you?"
},
{
"text": "He chucked the clothes into a drawer."
},
{
"text": "I chucked her the keys."
},
{
"text": "They were always chucking plates and things at each other."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to give up or stop doing something",
"sensetop": "chuck something chuck something in/up",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "You haven't chucked your job!",
"contextForm": "chuck something"
},
{
"text": "I'm going to **chuck it all in** *(= give up my job)* and go abroad.",
"contextForm": "chuck something in/up"
},
{
"text": "He was tempted to chuck his job."
},
{
"text": "She had a go at learning the piano, but chucked it in after a year."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to leave your boyfriend or girlfriend and stop having a relationship with him or her",
"sensetop": "chuck somebody",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Has he chucked her?"
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to throw something away",
"sensetop": "chuck something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "That's no good—just chuck it."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to touch somebody gently under the chin (= part of the face below the mouth) in a friendly way",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "it’s raining heavily",
"labels": "(British English, informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃʌk/",
"audio": "ch/chuck/chuck__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃʌks/",
"audio": "ch/chuck/chucks__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃʌkt/",
"audio": "ch/chuck/chucked__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃʌkɪŋ/",
"audio": "ch/chuck/chucking__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃʌk/",
"audio": "ch/chuck/chuck__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃʌks/",
"audio": "ch/chuck/chucks__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/tʃʌkt/",
"audio": "ch/chuck/chucked__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈtʃʌkɪŋ/",
"audio": "ch/chuck/chucking__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "verb late 17th cent. (as a verb): from chuck, referring to a playful touch under the chin, probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer ‘to knock, bump’, of unknown ultimate origin."
}