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chucks

CHUKS/t͡ʃʌks/

4 meanings of chucks

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present tense of chuck used with he, she, or it.

    My little brother chucks his bag on the floor every day after school.

    She chucks old food out of the fridge every Sunday.

  2. 2
    noun
    Plural of chuck. Use it when there is more than one chuck.

    The new drill came with two chucks of different sizes.

    The workshop keeps spare chucks for all of its drills.

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  3. 3
    noundialectalScotlanduncountable
    The game of jacks, as people in Scotland call it.

    The girls played chucks on the school steps at break time.

    My gran taught me how to play chucks with five small stones.

    Similarjacks, jackstones, knucklebones, fivestones

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Less common meaning

  1. 4
    interjectionobsoleteUK
    A word schoolboys once called out to warn each other that a teacher was coming.

    "Chucks!" whispered Tom from the door, and everyone ran back to their desks.

    When the boys heard someone call "chucks," they hid the cards under their books.

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chucks is a form of chuck

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

Forms
chuckchucks he/she/itchucking -ing formchucked past tense, past participle
Spelling
chuck → chucks: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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