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chucking up

chucking up is the present participle and gerund 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 chucking up

What is chucking up the present participle and gerund of?
Chucking up is the present participle and gerund of chuck up.

Words near chucking up in the dictionary

  1. chucking off
  2. chucking one's toys out of the cot
  3. chucking out
  4. chucking over
  5. chucking the deuces
  6. chucking up
  7. chucking up the sponge
  8. chucking-out time
  9. chuckingly
  10. chuckings
  11. chuckla

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