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chaw

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun chaw has 1 sense

chaw(n = noun.food) chew, cud, plug, quid, wad - a wad of something chewable as tobacco; Array

is a kind of bit, bite, morsel

Derived form verb chaw₁

Verb chaw has 1 sense

chaw(v = verb.consumption) Array - chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco"

Derived form noun chaw₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

CIDE DICTIONARY

chaw, v. t. [See Chew.].

To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit. [1913 Webster]
"The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped,
Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood." [1913 Webster]
To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
"A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar." [1913 Webster]

chaw, n. [See Chaw, v. t.].

As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid. [1913 Webster]
The jaw. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Chaw bacon, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law) -- Chaw tooth, a grinder. (Law)

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