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Chuck en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /t͡ʃʌk/

Meanings

  1. (informal, plural-normally) a Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe.
    • Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent / Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty 2014, “Uptown Funk”, performed by Mark Ronson:
    • Used to be shoes off, but it's never that Since he found the metal shavings waiting by the welcome mat Everyday stuck, keep the heater tucked They got him sleeping in his Chucks 2020, clipping., “Check the Lock”, in Visions of Bodies Being Burned, via Spotify:

Forms

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Chucks Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi koriskenkä (shoe)

Chuck en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /t͡ʃʌk/

Meanings

  1. A form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.
    • 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.” 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN:

Forms

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Chucks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Chuck Cunningham syndrome

Translations (2)

bg Чък (form of the male given name Charles) · el Τσακ (form of the male given name Charles)

Chuck en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /t͡ʃʌk/

Etymology

Shortening of Edmonchuk. So named because of the large Ukrainian population; -чук (-čuk) is a common suffix in Ukrainian surnames.

Meanings

  1. (Canada, slang) The city of Edmonton.