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chucked up

chucked up is the simple past and past participle of chuck up.

Meaning of chuck up

Verb

chuck up (third-person singular simple present chucks up, present participle chucking up, simple past and past participle chucked up)

  1. (New Zealand, UK, intransitive, slang, transitive) To vomit; throw up.
    • She got ridiculously drunk last night and chucked up in the back of the minicab on the way home.
    Synonyms:
    upchuck, throw up
  2. (dated, intransitive, transitive) To chuck up the sponge; to give up; to admit defeat; to break a contract; to abandon or quit (something).
    • But when you've tried it once or twice, And do not find it over nice, If it's dear at any price, Chuck it up. If it's not a paying game, Not worth the candle — all the same, Chuck it up.1891, Gems from Our Village, page 62
  3. (archaic, slang) To be released from prison.

Questions about chucked up

What is chucked up the simple past and past participle of?
Chucked up is the simple past and past participle of chuck up.

Words near chucked up in the dictionary

  1. chucked off
  2. chucked one's toys out of the cot
  3. chucked out
  4. chucked over
  5. chucked the deuces
  6. chucked up
  7. chucked up the sponge
  8. chucker
  9. chucker-out
  10. chuckers
  11. chuckers-out

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