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to chuck

7 9.6

To be sick and bring food up from your stomach

verb
/tʃʌk/

: vomitar

After eating too much ice cream, he suddenly felt nauseous and had to chuck it all up.

Examples

Meanwhile, the Tar Heels have chucked up 11 3-pointers, only connecting on three.

Blog text (13)
They'd be chucking their guts up.

Escape to Victory (1981)
I got to get back to Miami before they chuck me back in jail.

Gloria (1999)
I think I just saw one in the khazi, chucking up.

Doghouse (2009)
McCaleb heads to the galley, chucks down a dozen pills, and swigs them down with a gulp of orange juice.

Fiction book (2002)
She was so seasick that she ended up chucking over the side of the boat.
Whenever he drinks too quickly, he inevitably chucks his drink back up.

Synonyms

to throw up

vsto chuck

Informal

296 2.3

To push food and drink out of your stomach through your mouth

is informal and shorter in casual speech than this phrase

to puke

vsto chuck

NSFW

186 6.6

To bring food and drink up from your stomach when you feel sick

is the informal word used for the same action in speech

to vomit

vsto chuck

148 1.0

To force food and drink up from your stomach through your mouth

is the informal, less formal label compared with this more clinical term

to be sick

vsto chuck

109 1.7

To bring food or drink up from the stomach through the mouth

is informal speech rather than this more neutral or polite phrase

to barf

vsto chuck

NSFW

38 7.7

To force food or liquid out of the stomach through the mouth

is the informal label for that same action in speech

to cast

vsto chuck

Archaic

9 9.3

To throw up what is in the stomach

is the informal human action term rather than this neutral biological verb

to spew

vsto chuck

Informal

9 5.7

To forcefully throw up food and drink from your stomach

is informal and less focused on violent force than this strong verb

to puke up

vsto chuck

Informal

8 8.2

To bring food back out of your mouth because you feel sick

is the informal general action rather than this specific return of eaten food

to puke my guts out

vsto chuck

NSFW

7 9.9

Throw up violently many times because you feel sick or drink too much

is the informal general verb rather than this repeatedly violent description

to blow chunks

vsto chuck

NSFW

6 9.9

Throw up forcefully when you feel very sick

is the informal general term rather than a slang phrase

to regurgitate

vsto chuck

5 7.7

To bring food or liquid from the stomach back into the mouth

is the informal sick action term rather than this broader physiological verb

to ralph

vsto chuck

Slang

4 9.5

To force food or drink out of your mouth

is an informal verb for the same act rather than formal usage

to honk

vsto chuck

NSFW

4 9.3

To throw up when you feel sick

is informal common speech rather than only a slang label

to upchuck

vsto chuck

NSFW

3 8.8

To throw up food and drink from your stomach

is the informal general term rather than this specific slang

to vomit up

vsto chuck

Informal

3 3.6

Push food or drink from the stomach out through the mouth

is informal usage rather than this term focused on forcefulness

to sick

vsto chuck

1 7.4

To throw up

is an informal casual word rather than this plain descriptive term

to boke

vsto chuck

Slang

1 9.9

To throw up when you feel sick

is informal general usage rather than specifically British slang

to spue

vsto chuck

NSFW

1 9.9

To force something out of the mouth, like saliva or vomit

is the informal term limited to stomach contents rather than other ejecta

to launch one's lunch

vsto chuck

Slang

9.9

To throw up food you just ate

is the informal everyday verb rather than this longer phrase

to disgorge

vsto chuck

8.7

To push food or drink out of the mouth because you are sick

is the informal everyday word rather than this more formal expression

to regorge

vsto chuck

9.9

To bring food from the stomach up through the mouth, often to feed young or when sick

is the informal everyday term rather than this less common formal verb

to puke guts out

vsto chuck

NSFW

9.2

To throw up a lot with great force

is the informal term for the action rather than this extreme, violent form

Antonyms

to retain

60 3.0

To hold something inside so it does not escape

Idioms

to chuck up the sponge

9.9

To stop trying because it seems pointless

Phrasal Verbs

to chuck out

1 3.7

To throw away things you do not want

to chuck out

1 5.0

To force someone to leave a place usually because they cause trouble

Compounds

chuck wagon

1 7.9

A wagon with a stove and food that serves meals for cowboys on cattle drives

chuck-will's-widow

1 9.9

A large bird that is active at night in the southern United States with a loud repeated call

chuck short ribs

Specialized

5.0

A piece of beef from near the shoulder with short bones and meat for slow cooking

chuck-full

6.1

Filled so nothing else can fit

collet chuck

Specialized

9.7

A cone-shaped clamp that holds round rods firmly in a lathe

How Intense

to spew

Informal

9 5.7

to chuck

7 9.6

to retch

9 7.2

to gag

5 5.1

Surface Forms

chuck infinitive

chucked past

chucked past participle

chucking present participle

chucks third person singular

Etymology

The slang chuck meaning 'to vomit' comes from the phrase chuck up, which means 'throw up', so it pictures the idea of 'throwing' stomach contents out.