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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of chuck.

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Examples

  • He took the key from her, and without saying a word chucked it across the room on to an old sofa.

    The Belton Estate 2004

  • He took the key from her, and without saying a word chucked it across the room on to an old sofa.

    The Belton Estate Anthony Trollope 1848

  • "Hinduism" was a name chucked on all Indian practices and thought relating the metaphysical and supernatural (except recognisable movements like Jainism, Buddhism or Sikhism and imported religions).

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2009

  • In London, young bachelors – most of them military men – didn’t consider themselves men if they weren’t chucked from the Empire Theatre on Leicester Square at least once in their lifetime.

    The Bachelor Life | Edwardian Promenade 2009

  • I understood what Miguel was saying about campus technology teachers in Texas getting more caught up in technology rather than pedagogy, but I think it is that focus that needs to change, rather than the idea chucked out.

    3/5 of the Web 2.0 Debate Darren Kuropatwa 2006

  • I hate having that name chucked back at me every so often; it's like being followed around by a ghost.

    BC Bloggers 2008

  • Questioned about the reason for Magashule's dismissal, Lekota said he had not "chucked" him out.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • The glass may be "chucked" in any suitable manner, and run at a speed not exceeding 10 feet per minute.

    On Laboratory Arts Richard Threlfall

  • The packers were at their pipes and cigarettes and were spreading blanket-rolls, and groups of "chucked" infantry had warmed into singing -- when the two boys sat down to supper.

    Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Will Levington Comfort 1905

  • Then after he had "chucked" his course as impossible he had at his father's earnest wish taken up work at the mills, at first in the office, later in the manufacturing department.

    To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today Ralph Connor 1898

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  • vi. "missed an appointment"; "didn't show up"

    vt. "broke up with _____"; "dumped _____"

    May 11, 2009