chaw

[ chaw ]

/ tʃɔ /

verb (used with or without object), noun Dialect.

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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?

owl

crow

piranha

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Words nearby chaw

chavette, chavez, chavin, chavtastic, chavurah, chaw, chawk, chay, chayefsky, chayote, chazan

OTHER WORDS FROM chaw

chaw·er, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for chaw

Some of them kinds of loafers never has a cent in the world, nor a chaw of tobacco of their own.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Not so much as a chaw of bacon, or a blanket to lay over you nights.
The Huntress|Hulbert Footner
If a tiger was to lep in his backside and chaw him a nice piece, it wouldn't move him any.
Boy Woodburn|Alfred Ollivant
They'd fout yo'uns for a chaw of terbacker, and then gin the chaw back.
Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6)|John McElroy

"We will chaw them up in just an hour," said Jeff., as the battle began.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field|Thomas W. Knox

British Dictionary definitions for chaw

chaw

/ (tʃɔː) dialect /

verb

to chew (tobacco), esp without swallowing it

noun

something chewed, esp a plug of tobacco

Derived forms of chaw

chawer, noun

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chaw

verb (used with or without object), noun Dialect.

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Words related to chaw

Words nearby chaw

OTHER WORDS FROM chaw

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British Dictionary definitions for chaw

verb

noun

Derived forms of chaw