Tra từ chuck - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

chuck [chuck chucks chucked chucking] verb, noun BrE [tʃʌk] NAmE [tʃʌk]
verb
1. (informal, especially BrE)to throw sth carelessly or without much thought
•~ sth (+ adv./prep.) He chucked the paper in a drawer.
•~ sb sth Chuck me the newspaper, would you?
2. (informal)to give up or stop doing sth
•~ sth You haven't chucked your job!
•~ sth in/up I'm going to chuck it all in (= give up my job) and go abroad.
3. ~ sb (BrE, informal)to leave your boyfriend or girlfriend and stop having a relationship with him or her
•Has he chucked her?
4. ~ sth (informal)to throw sth away
•That's no good— just chuck it.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. late 17th cent. Old French chuquer choquer ‘to knock, bump’ n. sense 1 and n. sense 3 late 17th cent. chock ↑chunkn. sense 2 late 16th cent. ↑chick

Synonyms:
throw
toss • hurl • fling • chuck • lob • bowl • pitch
These words all mean to send sth from your hand through the air.
throw • to send sth from your hand or hands through the air: ▪ Some kids were throwing stones at the window. ◇ ▪ She threw the ball and he caught it.
toss • to throw sth lightly or carelessly: ▪ She tossed her jacket onto the bed.
hurl • to throw sth violently in a particular direction: ▪ Rioters hurled a brick through the car's windscreen.
fling • to throw sb/sth somewhere with a lot of force, especially because you are angry or in a hurry: ▪ She flung the letter down onto the table.
chuck • (especially BrE, informal) to throw sth carelessly: ▪ I chucked him the keys.
lob • (informal) to throw sth so that it goes high through the air: ▪ They were lobbing stones over the wall.
bowl • (in cricket) to throw the ball to the batsman
pitch • (in baseball) to throw the ball to the batter
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch sth at/to sb/sth
to throw/toss/fling/chuck sth aside/away
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck/lob/bowl/pitch a ball
to throw/toss/hurl/fling/chuck stones/rocks/a brick
to throw/toss/hurl/fling sth angrily
to throw/toss sth casually/carelessly

Example Bank:
•He chucked the bags down onto the floor.
•He picked up the letter and chucked it into the bin.
•He was tempted to chuck his job.
•I'm going to chuck it all in and go abroad.
•She had a go at learning the piano, but chucked it in after a year.
•The children have been chucking their toys around again.
•They got chucked out of a pub for being drunk and noisy.
•Chuck me that newspaper, can you?
•He chucked the paper into a drawer.
•I chucked him the keys.
•They were always chucking plates and things at each other.
Idioms: ↑chuck somebody under the chin ▪ ↑it's chucking it down
Derived: ↑chuck somebody off ▪ ↑chuck somebody out ▪ ↑chuck something away ▪ ↑chuck something out

noun
1. countable a part of a tool such as a ↑drill that can be adjusted to hold sth tightly
2. singular (NEngE, informal)a friendly way of addressing sb
•What's up with you, chuck?
3. (also ˌchuck ˈsteak)uncountable meat from the shoulder of a cow

Word Origin:
v. late 17th cent. Old French chuquer choquer ‘to knock, bump’ n. sense 1 and n. sense 3 late 17th cent. chock ↑chunkn. sense 2 late 16th cent. ↑chick