Definitions for chaw
tʃɔchaw

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chew, chaw, cud, quid, plug, wadverb

   a wad of something chewable as tobacco

2. chawverb

   chew without swallowing

   "chaw tobacco"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chawnoun

   Chewing tobacco.

   When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw, but then developed cancer of the mouth.

2. chawnoun

   A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.

   My uncle's way to convince us not to use tobacco was to give us each a big chaw, and then get us to swallow it.

3. chawverb

   Nonstandard spelling of chew; to grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

4. chawverb

   To steal.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chawnoun

   The chap; the upper or under part of a beast’s mouth.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy chaws, and will bring thee forth and all thine army. Ezek. xxxviii. 4.

2. To CHAWverb

   To champ between the teeth; to masticate; to chew.

   Etymology: kawen, Germ.

   I home returning, fraught with foul despight,
   And chawing vengeance all the way I went. Fairy Q. b. ii.

   They come to us, but us love draws;
   He swallows us, and never chaws;
   He is the tyrant pike, and we the fry. John Donne.

   Whether he found any use of chawing little sponges, dipt in oil, in his mouth, when he was perfectly under water, and at a distance from his engine. Boyle.

   The man who laught but once to see an ass
   Mumbling to make the cross-grain’d thistles pass,
   Might laugh again, to see a jury chaw
   The prickles of unpalatable law. Dryden.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chawverb

   to grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit

2. Chawverb

   to ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over

3. Chawverb

   as much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid

4. Chawverb

   the jaw

5. Etymology: [See Chew.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chaw

   chaw, n. (Spens.) the jaw—usually pl.—v.t. to chew, still used of tobacco.—n. Chaw′-bā′con, a country clown, a rustic fellow.—Chawed up, destroyed. [See Jaw.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chaw

   See QUID.

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1. CHAW

   What does CHAW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CHAW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHAW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chaw is ranked #70645 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Chaw surname appeared 277 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Chaw.
   
   75% or 208 total occurrences were Asian.
   10.4% or 29 total occurrences were White.
   8.3% or 23 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.8% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

1. • Chew

How to pronounce chaw?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say chaw in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chaw in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chaw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chaw
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chaw
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=chaw
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chaw
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=chaw
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=chaw
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html