: a chew especially of tobacco
Examples of chaw in a Sentence
Verb
the farmer was intently chawing a carrot
Noun
enjoyed a chaw of tobacco
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Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Apr. 2022
Marilyn Stasio,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2020
The man so loved his chaw that congressional pages ran fresh spittoons to his desk in relays.
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Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
6 Jan. 2017
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Verb
In cooler months, a hadrosaur might chaw rotten logs to get their daily fiber—with mushrooms and insects adding a little protein to the mix.
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Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Apr. 2022
Noun
But civilization and its refinements have gained a foothold; tobacco chewers are spitting their chaw juices into upmarket iced tea bottles and farmers are raising llamas.
—
Marilyn Stasio,
New York Times,
20 Mar. 2020
The man so loved his chaw that congressional pages ran fresh spittoons to his desk in relays.
—
Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
6 Jan. 2017
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“Chaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chaw. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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