chuck

Universal Words verb, noun verb (informal) 1 (especially BrE) to throw sth carelessly or without much thought: [VN, usually +adv./prep.] He chucked the paper in a drawer. * [VNN] Chuck me the newspaper, would you? [also V] 2 [VN] ~ sth (in / up) to give up or stop doing sth: You haven't chucked your job! * I'm going to chuck it all in (= give up my job) and go abroad. 3 [VN] (BrE) to leave your boyfriend or girlfriend and stop having a relationship with him or her: Has he chucked her? 4 [VN] (spoken) to throw sth away: That's no good-just chuck it. IDIOMS chuck sb under the chin (old-fashioned, BrE) to touch sb gently under the chin in a friendly way it's chucking it down (BrE, spoken) it's raining heavily PHRASALVERBS chuck sth<->away