The difference between Chuck and Throw

When used as nouns, chuck means meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal, whereas throw means the flight of a thrown object.

When used as verbs, chuck means to make a clucking sound, whereas throw means to twist or turn.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chuck and Throw

  1. Chuck as a noun (cooking):

    Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

  2. Chuck as a noun (US, slang, dated):

    Food.

  3. Chuck as a noun (mechanical engineering):

    A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

  1. Chuck as a noun (dialect, obsolete):

    A chicken, a hen.

  2. Chuck as a noun:

    A clucking sound.

  3. Chuck as a noun (slang):

    A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.

    Examples:

    "Are you all right, chuck?"

  4. Chuck as a noun:

    A gentle touch or tap.

    Examples:

    "She gave him an affectionate chuck under the chin."

  5. Chuck as a noun (informal):

    A casual throw.

  6. Chuck as a noun (slang):

    An act of vomiting.

  7. Chuck as a noun (cricket, informal):

    A throw, an incorrect bowling action.

  1. Chuck as a verb:

    To make a clucking sound.

  2. Chuck as a verb:

    To call, as a hen her chickens.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  3. Chuck as a verb:

    To touch or tap gently.

  4. Chuck as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.

    Examples:

    "Chuck that magazine to me, would you?"

  5. Chuck as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To discard, to throw away.

    Examples:

    "This food's gone off - you'd better chuck it."

  6. Chuck as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To jilt; to dump.

    Examples:

    "She's chucked me for another man!"

  7. Chuck as a verb (intransitive, slang):

    To vomit.

  8. Chuck as a verb (intransitive, cricket):

    To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.

  9. Chuck as a verb (South Africa, slang, intransitive):

    To leave; to depart; to bounce.

    Examples:

    "Let's chuck."

  10. Chuck as a verb (obsolete):

    To chuckle; to laugh.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Marston"

  11. Chuck as a verb:

    To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

  1. Chuck as a noun:

  1. Chuck as a noun (Scotland):

    A small pebble.

  2. Chuck as a noun (Scotland, obsolete, slang, in the plural):

    Money.

  1. Throw as a verb (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England):

    To twist or turn.

    Examples:

    "A thrown nail. "

  2. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

    Examples:

    "'throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"

  3. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To eject or cause to fall off.

  4. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To move to another position or condition; to displace.

    Examples:

    "'throw the switch"

  5. Throw as a verb (ceramics):

    To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

  6. Throw as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

  7. Throw as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

    Examples:

    "If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid operation exception."

  8. Throw as a verb (sports):

    To intentionally lose a game.

    Examples:

    "The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match."

  9. Throw as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To confuse or mislead.

    Examples:

    "The deliberate red herring threw me at first."

  10. Throw as a verb (figuratively):

    To send desperately.

    Examples:

    "Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle."

  11. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To imprison.

    Examples:

    "The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail."

  12. Throw as a verb:

    To organize an event, especially a party.

  13. Throw as a verb:

    To roll (a die or dice).

  14. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

  15. Throw as a verb (transitive, bridge):

    To discard.

  16. Throw as a verb (martial arts):

    To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.

  17. Throw as a verb (transitive, said of one's voice):

    To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.

  18. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

  19. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To project or send forth.

  20. Throw as a verb:

    To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

  21. Throw as a verb:

    To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tomlinson"

  22. Throw as a verb (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.):

    To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).

  23. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To install a bridge.

  1. Throw as a noun:

    The flight of a thrown object

    Examples:

    "What a great throw by the quarterback!"

  2. Throw as a noun:

    The act of throwing something.

    Examples:

    "With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow."

  3. Throw as a noun:

    One's ability to throw

    Examples:

    "He's got a girl's throw."

    "He's always had a pretty decent throw."

  4. Throw as a noun:

    A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.

  5. Throw as a noun:

    A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

  6. Throw as a noun:

    A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

    Examples:

    "Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw."

  1. Throw as a noun:

    Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  2. Throw as a noun (veterinary):

    The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

  1. Throw as a verb (transitive, said of animals):

    To give birth to.

  1. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A moment, time, occasion.

  2. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A period of time; a while.

  1. Throw as a noun:

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