crew chief

noun

: one who is in charge of a crew of workers

especially : a noncommissioned officer (as in the air force) who supervises an airplane's ground crew

Examples of crew chief in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This evening, a Miami disco intends to celebrate the project’s completion with a wall-to-wall, hot-pink bash for Christo, his wife, Jeanne-Claude, dozens of boat captains, island crew chiefs and all the workers in the effort. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026

Pohlman was the crew chief for only 10 races with Busch, who is mired in the worst slump of his two-decade career and ranked 27th in the points standings. —ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026

Jimmy Fennig was a longtime NASCAR crew chief who worked with the likes of Mark Martin, Kurt Busch, and Carl Edwards. —Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026

As for why the incident didn’t get reviewed by officials initially, that’s simple according to crew chief Zach Zarba. —Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 16 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for crew chief

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