chucking

We have found lemma(root) word of chucking : chuck.

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[tʃʌk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- throw (something) carelessly or casually
(e.g: someone chucked a brick through the window)

- give up (a job or activity)
(e.g: she wanted to chuck her job)


Phrases:
- chuck it
- chuck it down

Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): from chuck


[tʃʌk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a throw

- a dismissal or rejection
(e.g: he's still wondering why and how Mrs T got the chuck)


Phrases:
- chuck it
- chuck it down

Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): from chuck


[tʃʌk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- touch (someone) playfully under the chin
(e.g: he chucked the baby under its chin)


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Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer ‘to knock, bump’, of unknown ultimate origin


[tʃʌk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a playful touch under the chin
(e.g: she gave him a good-natured chuck under the chin)


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Origin:
late 16th century (as a verb): probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer ‘to knock, bump’, of unknown ultimate origin


[tʃʌk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill, typically having three or four jaws that move radially in and out
(e.g: a power-drill chuck)

- a cut of beef that extends from the neck to the ribs, typically used for stewing
(e.g: the trays of fat-speckled chuck and sweetbreads had been put in the refrigerator)


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Origin:
late 17th century, as a variant of chock; see also chunk


[tʃʌk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- food or provisions


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Origin:
mid 19th century: perhaps the same word as chuck


[tʃʌk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- used as a friendly form of address
(e.g: ‘Can I help you at all, chuck?’)


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Origin:
late 16th century: alteration of chick


[tʃʌk], (Noun)

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