chaw

1 of 2

verb

ˈchȯ 

chawed; chawing; chaws

: chew sense 1

chaw

2 of 2

noun

: a chew especially of tobacco

Synonyms

Verb

• bite (on)
• champ
• chew
• chomp (on)
• crunch (on)
• gnaw (on)
• masticate
• nibble

Examples of chaw in a Sentence

Verb

the farmer was intently chawing a carrot

Noun

enjoyed a chaw of tobacco

Recent Examples on the Web

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. —Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022

Noun

Jose is a hard runner and always has a huge chaw in his lip. —Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2023

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

Both of my sons are users of smokeless tobacco (chaw). —Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2018

Carrasco and Bauer’s first subject was infielder Jose Ramirez, who received red-lensed sunglasses, a chaw in his lip, a dangling chain and a mohawk that Carrasco sculpted by peeling back the baseball’s leather and pulling through its internal yarn. —Ben Reiter, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2017

The man so loved his chaw that congressional pages ran fresh spittoons to his desk in relays. —Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 6 Jan. 2017

The book, with its cover photograph of Dykstra looking like a jack-o’-lantern with a chaw of tobacco in one cheek, will rank No. —Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 9 July 2016

Word History

Etymology

Verb

by alteration

First Known Use

Verb

1506, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1709, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chaw

• aah
• ah
• ahh
• aw
• awe
• bah
• blah
• bra
• caw
• claw
• craw
• daw