"Chuck" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃʌk/ Audio: En-au-Chuck.ogg Forms: Chucks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌk Head templates: {{en-prop|s}} Chuck (plural Chucks)
  1. A form of the male given name Charles, of mostly American usage. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names Categories (place): City nicknames Translations (form of the male given name Charles): Τσακ (Tsak) [transliteration] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-Chuck-en-name-iPifG2D4 Disambiguation of English diminutives of male given names: 79 3 18 Disambiguation of City nicknames: 44 34 22 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of American English: 62 20 18 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 8 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃʌk/ Audio: En-au-Chuck.ogg
Rhymes: -ʌk Etymology: Shortening of Edmonchuk. So named because of the large Ukrainian population; -чук (-čuk) is common suffix in Ukrainian surnames. Etymology templates: {{der|en|uk|-}} Ukrainian Head templates: {{en-prop}} Chuck
  1. (Canada, slang) The city of Edmonton. Tags: Canada, slang
    Sense id: en-Chuck-en-name-G~8QCxCq Categories (other): Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /t͡ʃʌk/ Audio: En-au-Chuck.ogg Forms: Chucks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌk Head templates: {{en-noun}} Chuck (plural Chucks)
  1. (informal, usually in the plural) a Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe. Tags: informal, plural-normally Translations (shoe): koriskenkä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Chuck-en-noun-nUVc8sYb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 8 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 5 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 4 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        "a Chuck Taylor All-Stars shoe."
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