chuck

n. [机] 卡盘；抚弄；赶走；咯咯声；恰克（人名）

vt. 丢弃，抛掷；驱逐；轻拍

vi. 咯咯叫

中文词源

chuck 扔

来自chock拼写变体。模仿大块物件落地的声音。

chuck (v.1): "to throw," 1590s, variant of chock "give a blow under the chin" (1580s), possibly from French choquer "to shock, strike against," imitative (see shock (n.1)). Related: Chucked; chucking.
chuck (n.1): "piece of wood or meat," 1670s, probably a variant of chock (n.) "block." "Chock and chuck appear to have been originally variants of the same word, which are now somewhat differentiated" [OED]. Specifically of shoulder meat from early 18c. American English chuck wagon (1880) is from the meat sense.
Chock and Chuck, Are low terms, very frequently used before full,--as the coach was chock full of passengers. The house was chuck full. [Daniel Powers, "A Grammar on an Entirely New System," West Brookfield, 1845]
chuck (n.2): "slight blow under the chin," 1610s, from chuck (v.1). Meaning "a toss, a throw" is from 1862. Related: Chucked; chucking.

1. Onomatopoeic dialect term for chicken, imitative of a hen's cluck.2. chick => chuck.3. chock => chuck.4. chunk => chuck.5. 谐音“卡壳”。

1. You cannot chuck money away on little luxuries like that.: 你不该把钱浪费在那种小奢侈品上。