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Chuck
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chuck
English
Pronunciation
en /t͡ʃʌk/
en En-au-Chuck.ogg AU
en chuck
en ʌk 1
Etymology 1
en Formed by analogy to en Jack?
Proper noun
s
A form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.
en Alexandra Jaffe First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/politics/one-nation-gop-group-launch/index.html 2015-05-12 The digital ads open over a shot of Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer, the third-ranking Democrat in the Senate, while a narrator declares: “For years, it paralyzed Washington: Partisan political dysfunction.” https://web.archive.org/web/20260228000358/https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/12/politics/one-nation-gop-group-launch/index.html 28 February 2026
Derived terms
en Chuck Cunningham syndrome Chair Chuckie Chuckster Chucky St. Chuck
Translations
form of the male given name Charles
Bulgarian: bg Чък m
Greek: el Τσακ transliteration from English
Noun
thumb|200px|Chuck Taylor All-Stars
en informal usually in the plural A Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe.
en 2014 Mark Ronson Uptown Funk Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent / Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty
en 2020 Clipping (band) clipping. Check the Lock Visions of Bodies Being Burned https://open.spotify.com/track/6VWsWgliFma9IFL2NlQ1H7 Spotify Used to be shoes off, but it's never thatSince he found the metal shavings waiting by the welcome matEveryday stuck, keep the heater tuckedThey got him sleeping in his Chucks
Translations
shoe
Finnish: fi koriskenkä
Etymology 2
Shortening of Edmonchuk. So named because of the large en uk - population; uk -чук is a common suffix in Ukrainian surnames.
Proper noun
en Canada slang The city of Edmonton.
en diminutives of male given names eponyms
en Nicknames for cities
Category:American English