{
    "term": "chuck",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "chuck",
            "heSheIt": "chucks"
        },
        "pastSimple": "chucked",
        "pastParticiple": "chucked",
        "ingForm": "chucking"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to throw something carelessly or without much thought",
            "sensetop": "chuck something (+ adv./prep.)chuck somebody something",
            "labels": "(especially British English, informal)especially British English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He chucked the paper in a drawer.",
                    "contextForm": "chuck something (+ adv./prep.)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chuck me my bag, would you?",
                    "contextForm": "chuck somebody something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She chucked the bags down onto the floor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He picked up the letter and chucked it into the bin."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children have been chucking their toys around again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chuck me that pen, can you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He chucked the clothes into a drawer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I chucked her the keys."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They were always chucking plates and things at each other."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to give up or stop doing something",
            "sensetop": "chuck something chuck something in/up",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You haven't chucked your job!",
                    "contextForm": "chuck something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm going to **chuck it all in** *(= give up my job)* and go abroad.",
                    "contextForm": "chuck something in/up"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was tempted to chuck his job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a go at learning the piano, but chucked it in after a year."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to leave your boyfriend or girlfriend and stop having a relationship with him or her",
            "sensetop": "chuck somebody",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Has he chucked her?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to throw something away",
            "sensetop": "chuck something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That's no good—just chuck it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to touch somebody gently under the chin (= part of the face below the mouth) in a friendly way",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "it’s raining heavily",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃʌk/",
                "audio": "ch/chuck/chuck__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃʌks/",
                "audio": "ch/chuck/chucks__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃʌkt/",
                "audio": "ch/chuck/chucked__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃʌkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/chuck/chucking__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃʌk/",
                "audio": "ch/chuck/chuck__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃʌks/",
                "audio": "ch/chuck/chucks__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/tʃʌkt/",
                "audio": "ch/chuck/chucked__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtʃʌkɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ch/chuck/chucking__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb late 17th cent. (as a verb): from chuck, referring to a playful touch under the chin, probably from Old French chuquer, later choquer ‘to knock, bump’, of unknown ultimate origin."
}