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- Dictionarychaw/tʃɔː/
noun
- 1. an act of chewing something, especially something not intended to be swallowed: "enjoying a good chaw"
verb
- 1. chew (something, especially tobacco): "now just about anyone can don stetsons and chaw tobacco"
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noun. : a chew especially of tobacco. Synonyms. Verb. bite (on) champ. chew. chomp (on) crunch (on) gnaw (on) masticate. nibble. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of chaw in a Sentence. Verb the farmer was intently chawing a carrot Noun enjoyed a chaw of tobacco. Recent Examples on the Web. Verb.
verb (used with or without object) , Dialect. chew. chaw. / tʃɔː / verb. to chew (tobacco), esp without swallowing it. noun. something chewed, esp a plug of tobacco. Discover More. Derived Forms. ˈchawer, noun. Discover More. Other Words From. chaw er noun. Discover More. Example Sentences.
Jun 23, 2024 · chaw (third-person singular simple present chaws, present participle chawing, simple past and past participle chawed) ( archaic or nonstandard outside dialects, e.g. Appalachia, Southern US) To chew; grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud).
Definition of chaw noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate. 2. to tear or mangle, as if by chewing (often fol. by up ): The sorting machine chewed up the letters. 3. to make by or as if by chewing: The puppy chewed a hole in the rug. 4. to meditate on; consider at length (often fol. by over ): to chew a problem over. v.i. 5. to perform the act of masticating.
Definitions of chaw. noun. a wad of something chewable as tobacco. synonyms: chew, cud, plug, quid, wad. see more. verb. chew without swallowing. “ chaw tobacco”. see more.
Chaw Definition. To chew. (archaic or nonstandard) To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud); to champ (at the bit). To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. (UK, slang) To steal. Some pikey's chawed my bike. Chew.
