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Synonyms of chuck

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Another word for chuck is fling. Other synonyms of chuck are hurl, bung, cast, chunk and dash.

Synonyms and similar words for chuck

verbTo throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.

  • flingTo throw with violence or quick movement; to hurl.
  • hurlTo throw (something) with force.
  • bung Australia, UKTo put, throw, or place something without care; to chuck.
  • castTo throw.
  • chunk slangTo throw.
  • dashTo leave or depart.
  • dumpTo put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it.
  • feck
  • heaveTo throw, cast.
  • hieldTo throw; cast; put.
  • hoy AustraliaTo throw.
  • huckTo throw or chuck.
  • launchTo throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
  • lobTo throw.
  • peckTo throw.
  • peg slangTo throw.
  • pitchTo throw.
  • precipitateTo throw an object or person from a great height.
  • projectTo cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
  • quoitTo throw like a quoit.
  • shyTo throw sideways with a jerk; to fling.
  • slightTo throw heedlessly.
  • skewTo hurl or throw.
  • slingTo throw with a circular or arcing motion.
  • throw
  • tossTo throw with an initial upward direction.
  • trajectTo throw or cast through, over, or across.
  • whang Australia, UKTo throw with a rapid slamming motion.
  • whipTo throw or kick an object at a high velocity.
  • whopTo throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
  • wingTo throw.
  • yeet slang
  • cook UK, dialectalTo throw.
  • jerk obsoleteTo throw with a quick and suddenly arrested motion of the hand.
  • hurtle archaic, literaryTo propel or throw (something) hard or violently; to fling, to hurl.
  • pick obsoleteTo throw; to pitch.
  • thrill obsoleteTo hurl; to throw; to cast.
  • warp obsolete, rareTo throw.

verbTo discard, to throw away.

verbTo vomit.

verbTo leave; to depart; to bounce.

Meaning of chuck

  1. noun Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
  2. noun Food.
  3. noun A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

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Questions about synonyms of chuck

What is another word for chuck?
Chuck has 120 synonyms on Word.ws, such as fling, hurl, bung, cast, chunk, dash, dump and feck.
What does chuck mean?
Chuck means meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chuck (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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