Meaning & use
chucking
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Throwing something carelessly or with force, or discarding something.
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He was chucking pebbles into the lake while waiting for his friend.
She spent the morning chucking out old clothes she no longer wore.
A note on using this word
"Chucking it down" is a common British informal expression meaning it is raining heavily.
Words with a similar meaning
throwingtossingdiscarding
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Words with an opposite meaning
catchingkeeping
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