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Chuck seems a bit pushy (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shy

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'chuck' is the definition.
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'seems a bit pushy' is the wordplay.
'a bit' says to take the initial letters (I've seen 'bit of' mean this).
'pushy' becomes 'hy' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
The first letter of 'seems' is 's'.
's'+'hy'='SHY'

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(Other definitions for shy that I've seen before include "Retiring; fling" , "cast" , "Timid and self-conscious" , "Bashful or timid" , "Quick throw" .)

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