chuck off

verb

To evict someone, e.g. from a form of transport, perhaps for unruly behaviour, or because the final destination has been reached.

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Meanings

verbchuck off (third-person singular simple present chucks off, present participle chucking off, simple past and past participle chucked off)

present singular third person chucks off · participle present chucking off · participle past chucked off · past chucked off

  1. informalTo evict someone, e.g. from a form of transport, perhaps for unruly behaviour, or because the final destination has been reached.

    Even when the Circle was whole, I used often to be chucked off its trains at Edgware Road because something had gone wrong. Now - just to make this clear - it is impossible to negotiate the north-west corner of the Circle without being chucked off at Edgware Road.

    2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 68
  2. AustraliaNew ZealandslangTo insult or verbally abuse (someone); to tease, sneer at or demean (someone).
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APA

chuck off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuck%20off

MLA

“chuck off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuck%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chuck off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chuck%20off.

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