1. Throw carelessly
   "chuck the ball";
   - toss, huck [N. Amer, informal], sling [Brit, informal]
    
2. Throw away
   "Chuck these old notes";
   - ditch [informal]
    
3. [Brit, informal] Sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly
   "The company chucked him after many years of service";
   - dump [informal], ditch [informal]
    
4. Touch or squeeze fondly or playfully
   "She chucked her baby's chin";
   - pat
    
5. [informal] Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
   "After drinking too much, the students chucked";
   - vomit, vomit up, purge, sick, cat [informal], be sick [Brit], disgorge, regorge [archaic], retch, barf [informal], spew [informal], spue [archaic], upchuck [N. Amer, informal], honk [Brit, informal], regurgitate, throw up [informal], chuck up [Brit, informal], hurl [informal], keck [informal], vom [informal], boak [UK, dialect], boke [UK, dialect], chunder [Brit, informal], ralph [N. Amer, informal], bring up
    
6. [Brit, informal] Rain heavily
   "Put on your rain coat— it's chucking it down outside!";
   - pour, pelt, rain cats and dogs [informal], rain buckets [informal], belt down [informal], pelt down [informal], bucket [Brit, informal], teem [informal], tip [Brit, informal], chuck it down [Brit, informal]

1. A holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that centre a workpiece in a lathe or centre a tool in a drill
   "The machinist carefully secured the metal piece in the chuck before starting the lathe"
    
2. The part of a forequarter from the neck to the ribs and including the shoulder blade
   "Chuck steak is often used for slow-cooking dishes";
   - chuck steak
    
3. [N. Amer, informal] The food and drink that are served or consumed
   "The camp's basic chuck consisted of beans and rice";
   - fare, chow [informal], eats [informal], grub [informal]
    
4. [Brit, informal] The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
   "The incompetent worker was given the chuck";
   - dismissal, dismission [rare], discharge, firing, release, sack, sacking, severance, heave-ho [informal], the axe [informal], the boot [informal], the chop [Brit, informal], termination [N. Amer]
    
5. [UK, dialect] A friend or close acquaintance
   "Are you alright, chuck?"

Derived forms: chucks, chucked, chucking

Type of: abandon, caress, conclusion, cut of beef, egest, eliminate, ending, excrete, fondle, food, get rid of, holding device, nutrient, pass, rain, rain down, remove, termination, throw, wing

Part of: drill, electric drill, lathe, side of beef

Encyclopedia: Chuck