English
Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun
- context|informal|uncountable chewing tobacco|Chewing tobacco.
#:When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw, but then developed cancer of the mouth.
- countable 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.
Verb
en-verb
- context|nonstandard 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.
#*1884, s:Mark Twain|Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), s:The_Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn/Chapter_XXIX|The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
#*:...the king he set down and twisted his head to one side, and chawed his tongue, and scrawled off something...
- context|UK|slang To steal.
#*...some pikey's chawed my bike.
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