Chuck
proper nounnounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- //t͡ʃʌk//
A form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.
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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.”
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informala Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe.
Got Chucks on with Saint Laurent / Gotta kiss myself, I'm so pretty
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slangThe city of Edmonton.
Etymology
Shortening of Edmonchuk. So named because of the large Ukrainian population; -чук (-čuk) is a common suffix in Ukrainian surnames.
Forms
- plural
- Chucks
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Chuck · A form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.
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