Chaw
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /t͡ʃɔ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chaw is a noun meaning (countable) That which is chewed.
Meaning
(countable) That which is chewed.
More Meanings
- (Appalachia, informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
- (UK, slang) To steal.
- Obsolete form of cha (“tea”).
- (archaic or nonstandard outside dialects, e.g. Appalachia, Southern US) To chew; grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud).
- (obsolete, transitive) To ruminate (about) in thought; to ponder; to consider.
- (dialectal, intransitive) To be sulky.
- (obsolete) The jaw.
Example Sentences
The trampling steede, with gold and purple trapt,
When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw, but then developed cancer of the mouth.
[…] the king he set down and twisted his head to one side, and chawed his tongue, and scrawled off something […]
And next to him malicious Envy rode, Upon a ravenous wolfe, and still did chaw Betweene his cankred teeth a venemous tode […]
Word Forms
- chaws
- chawing
- chawed
Synonyms for chaw
Depending on context, synonyms include plug, quid, wad, cud, chew.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include chew, cud, wad, plug, quid, bacon.
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