chaw

English - Turkish

Definition of chaw in English Turkish dictionary: ağız dolusu; çiğnemek

English - English

Definition of chaw in English English dictionary: To steal; 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
the king he set down and twisted his head to one side, and chawed his tongue, and scrawled off something.; 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.; Chewing tobacco
When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw, but then developed cancer of the mouth.; To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit; chew without swallowing; "chawtobacco"; The jaw; To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over; a wad of something chewable as tobacco; Chaw has a wide range of senses in regional expressions. One Northern and Western meaning of the verb is "to bawl someone out": He chawed her good. A Southern sense is "to get the best of someone in a bantering contest" or simply "to embarrass": "That compliment sort of chawed me" (Publication of the American Dialect Society). The noun chaw can mean "a twist of chewing tobacco" or "an attachment or hold (on someone)" for example, a flirtatious woman in Tennessee is "tryin' to git a chaw on a feller" (Dialect Notes); chew without swallowing; "chawtobacco; {i} piece of something chewable (as tobacco); {f} chew without swallowing; As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid
chawing: i.e. nonstandard variant of chewing
chaws: i.e. nonstandard version of chews
chaws: plural of chaw