Chuck a drunk out of the house (5)
I believe the answer is:
shoot
'chuck' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'a drunk out of the house' is the wordplay.
'a drunk' becomes 'sot' (both can mean someone who drinks too much).
'out of' is an insertion indicator (some letters on the outside of others).
'the house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'sot' enclosing 'ho' is 'SHOOT'.
(Other definitions for shoot that I've seen before include "Hit with a missile or take a picture" , "Use a gun; film" , "Fire - new growth" , "Pump full of lead" , "New growth; last word of Hamlet" .)