Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A diminutive of the male given name Chuck, related to Charles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Child's Play (the 1988 film)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Child's Play (the film series)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
chicken
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, dialectal
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noun
A pebble, stone chip or piece of gravel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
An Irish Republican, especially one who has supported the armed struggle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-Ireland, derogatory, slang
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History
From Chuck + -y.
From the name of the main villain in the films.
From chuck (“chicken”) + -y.
From chuck (“pebble”) + -y.
From Irish tiocfaidh, from the Republican slogan tiocfaidh ár lá (“our day will come”), perhaps punning on etymologies 1 and/or 2.
