chucking it down
Rain falling hard
Chucking it down describes heavy rain, used mainly in British English: We were going to walk to the pub but it's chucking it down.
The phrase suggests rain falling with force and volume, more intense than a drizzle.
Related forms include chucking down and chucking it down with rain.
- rainingPrecipitation in progress
- pouringFlowing in volume
- peltingStriking repeatedly with projectiles
- raining cats and dogsExtremely heavy precipitation
- rainfallWater falling from clouds
downpour · torrential · rainstorm · deluge · cloudburst · raining buckets · umbrella · flooding · shower · soaking wet · soaked to the bone · drizzle · monsoon · wet through · splashing · waterlogging · wellies · squall
chucking it downdrizzling
Light, gentle precipitation
spitting · misting · light rain · sprinkling · spotting
chucking it downbone dry
Totally devoid of moisture
sunny · clear skies · parched · fair weather · arid
chuck, chucking, chucked, chucks, down, downed, downing, downs, downer