0 present participle of chuck
1 to throw something carelessly:
[ + two objects ] Chuck me the keys.
Chuck it over there/into the corner.
2 to end a romantic relationship with someone:
He's just chucked his girlfriend.
I mean that so long as we are happy chucking things into holes in the ground, we limit the incentive to find more satisfactory methods.
We had to take the right and unpopular decisions, and they contented themselves by chucking pebbles from the sidelines.
What it means is chucking a few thousand people out on the dole and their families suffering.
Lots of people round our way are earning more than they have ever earned and chucking it away on luxuries.
We accept that chucking money at it does not resolve the problem.
To buy a bit of social peace among the youth, we are chucking out some of the older workers.
The fact is that this country has a chance now, by chucking the regulations out.
But in chucking out the soapy bath water of that consensus she might be chucking out a very delicate baby.
