chaw

[chaw]

verb (used with or without object)

Dialect.

1. chew.

chaw

/ tʃɔː /

verb

1. to chew (tobacco), esp without swallowing it

noun

1. something chewed, esp a plug of tobacco

Other Word Forms

• chawer noun

Example Sentences

Innumerable bugs, each one less than half the size of a housefly, but primed to chaw their way through a $16-billion California industry exactly like you did to that bag of chips.

From Los Angeles Times

The lieutenant spat again, his ginger chaw just missing my toes.

From Literature

The man shifted the wad of chaw in his cheek.

From Literature

“He’s chawing at the bit to try to get out on the field and get going,” Servais said.

From Seattle Times

Their mouths hung open in wide O’s, here a line of brown chaw drool streaming down a slack cheek, waxy and white in the headlights.

From New York Times