chaw

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a wad of something chewable as tobacco
  • Verb:
    chew without swallowing

Word Origin

chaw (v.)
1520s, unexplained phonetic variant of chew (v.). OED points out the variant form chow was "very common in 16-17th c." Bartlett's "Dictionary of Americanisms" [1859] says chaw, "Although found in good authors, ... is retained, in this country as in England, only by the illiterate." Related: Chawed; chawing. The noun meaning "that which is chewed" (especially a quid of tobacco) first recorded 1709.

Example

1. Did he chaw up others ?
2. Food should be chaw finely before being got down .
3. Clinical study of the effect on oral cavity cleaning and infection prevention by chaw gum after operation .
4. Care for a chaw of tobacco ?
5. Chaw carfully before swallowing down the food .

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