# chuck

> English word · Noun · IPA /t͡ʃʌk/ · frequency rank #5,399

## Definitions
1. Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
2. Food.
3. A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

## Etymology
Variant of chock.

## Easily confused with
- **cock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-cock)
- **Chun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-chun)
- **chum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-chum)
- **chug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-chug)
- **cuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-cuck)
- **click** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-click)
- **clock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-clock)
- **crack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-crack)
- **couch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-couch)
- **chunk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-chunk)
- **Chung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-chung)
- **chute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-chute)
- **churn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-churn)
- **crock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-crock)
- **chump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-chump)
- **crick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-crick)
- **clack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-clack)
- **chums** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-chums)
- **chula** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-chula)
- **church** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chuck-vs-church)

## Common misspellings (8)
`cchuck`, `chcuk`, `chhuck`, `chucck`, `chuckk`, `chukc`, `cuhck`, `hcuck`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/chuck