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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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Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of chaw, a noun for a large piece of tobacco chewed in North American English. See example sentences, synonyms and related words.
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(General American) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔ/(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔː/Homophone: chore (non-rhotic accents)From Middle English chawen, an unexplained variation of chewen (“to chew”). See chew for more. Cognate with Middle Dutch cauwen ("to chew"; whence Dutch kauwen), obsolete Dutch kauw (“the act of chewing, that which is chewed, chewed mass, wad of tobacco”), Middle Low German kauwen, kauen (“to chew”). Compare also Old English ġecow (“that which is c...
From Early Modern English chawe, either a form of Middle English chaul, chavel, jawle (“jaw”) (whence also English jowl) which has lost the final -l, or a form of Middle English jowe, jawe (“jaw”). See jowl and jawfor more.
Learn the meanings and origins of the word chaw in English, with pronunciation, etymology, and usage examples. Chaw can be a noun for chewed tobacco, a verb for chewing or stealing, or an obsolete form of jaw or tea.
Chaw definition: chew. . See examples of CHAW used in a sentence.
chaw in American English. (tʃɔ) transitive verb, intransitive verb or noun. dialect. chew. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms.
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.
Verb the farmer was intently chawing a carrot Noun enjoyed a chaw of tobacco. Recent Examples on the Web. Verb. In cooler months, a hadrosaur might chaw rotten logs to get their daily fiber—with mushrooms and insects adding a little protein to the mix. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022.
Chaw is a nonstandard verb and noun that means to chew or a chew, especially of tobacco. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of chaw in different languages.
