Chuck

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Chuck may refer to:

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Engineering [edit]

  • Chuck (engineering), a clamp that is part of a machine tool or power tool, and securely holds a removable part

People [edit]

  • Chuck, a nickname for people with the male given name Charles

Arts and Entertainment [edit]

Sports [edit]

  • Chuck Liddell (born 1969), American mixed martial artist and former UFC champion
  • Chuck Taylor (salesman) (1901–1969), American basketball player and shoe salesman/evangelist
  • Chuck Bennett (1907–1973), American football player and coach
  • Chuck Carney (1900–1984), American football and basketball player
  • Chuck Dressen (1898–1966), an American third baseman, manager and coach in professional baseball
  • Chuck Drulis (1918–1972), American football player and coach
  • Chuck Ealey (born 1950), former American Canadian football player
  • Chuck Long (born 1963), American football coach
  • Chuck McKinley (1941–1986), American men’s amateur tennis player
  • Chuck Fusina (born 1957), former American college and professional football player

Politics [edit]

  • Chuck Grassley (born 1933), senior United States Senator from Iowa, serving since 1981
  • Chuck Hagel (born 1946), United States Secretary of Defense since 2013
  • Chuck Kleckley (born 1960), businessman and politician in Louisiana
  • Chuck Fager (born 1942), American activist, an author, an editor, a publisher, and prominent member of the Religious Society of Friends

Other industries [edit]

Media [edit]

Computers and technology [edit]

  • ChucK, a programming language for computer music
  • Chuck, a common name for the BSD Daemon

Food and wine [edit]

  • Chuck steak, beef steak (not to be confused with Chook which is Australian slang for chicken)
  • Two Buck Chuck, popular nickname for Charles Shaw wine

Radio [edit]

  • Chuck FM, alternate name for WAVF, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Chuck FM, alternate name for W249CB, Greenville, South Carolina
  • Chuck FM, former alternate name for WKZG, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Other uses [edit]

  • Chuck Taylor All-Stars, popular canvas shoe produced by Converse Shoes, also referred to as "Chucks"
  • An abbreviation for nunchaku, a kind of martial arts weapon

See also [edit]