chucker

English

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʌkə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From chuck +‎ -er.

Noun

chucker (plural chuckers)

  1. One who chucks; a thrower.
  2. (cricket) A bowler who throws or chucks the ball rather than bowling it.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

chucker (plural chuckers)

  1. Alternative form of chukker.
    • 1925, Edward Mowbray Tuttle, The Book of Rural Life, page 4414:
      […] each chucker, which lasts only seven and one-half minutes. Sometimes when horses are sufficiently rested they are reinstated at a later period in relay fashion.
    • 1936, Metropolitan Police College Journal, volume 2, page 243:
      […] polo, with hundreds of girls, dressed very much like nurses, flattening out the hoof marks after each chucker; […]
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