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chucking

SayCHUK-ing/ˈt͡ʃʌkɪŋ/

Noun pluralchuckings

2 meanings of chucking

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of chuck.

    By the final whistle, angry fans were chucking plastic bottles onto the pitch.

    She is thinking about chucking in her job and moving to the coast.

  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The holding of a workpiece or other object in a chuck.

    The redesigned bracket can be finished in a single chucking instead of two.

    Careless chucking can leave the shaft slightly off center.

    Note

    A machine-shop word that is counted as well as named: each chucking is one setup of the work in the chuck, so a part that must be turned around and gripped again needs several. Machinery, writing in 1922, maps out the three chuckings needed to finish a cross-head. Planners try to cut the count, since every fresh grip costs time and can shift the work.

chucking is a form of chuck

chuck, verb: To throw something, especially in a careless way or without much aim. Full entry

Forms
chuckchucks he/she/itchucking -ing formchucked past tense, past participle
Spelling
chuck → chucking: add -ing

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