Chuck

A form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage.

Proper noun

  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...

Forms

Chucks

Derived

Chuck Cunningham syndrome

Proper noun Canada, slang

  1. The city of Edmonton.

Origin

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

Noun

  1. 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:

Forms

Chucks