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chucks up

chucks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 chucks up

What is chucks up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Chucks up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chuck up.

Words near chucks up in the dictionary

  1. chucks off
  2. chucks one's toys out of the cot
  3. chucks out
  4. chucks over
  5. chucks the deuces
  6. chucks up
  7. chucks up the sponge
  8. Chuckster
  9. chuckstone
  10. chuckstones
  11. Chucktown

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