to chaw

Examples

• All

• I'm so hungry I could chaw off my own arm.

  The Shooting (1966)

• I expect to be placed in the navigation chaw myself.

  Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

• You don't need to chaw white stuff.

  Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991)

• Now that is one catawampusly chawed-up rig.

  Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)

• Chawing tobacco is a nasty habit.

  She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

• Surely Mr. Bull's learned some manners since he chawed up General Custer.

  Annie Oakley (1935)

• Prince Al, chawing away, mutely doesn't get it.

  Fiction book (1993)

• - BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU COULD CHAW, DAVY?

  Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)

• That big squarehead they've got now, my dad says he chaws up spikes and spits out rust.

  Fiction book (1994)

• He likes to chaw on a piece of tobacco while he works outside.

Synonyms

C

to chomp

vsto chaw

31 4.0

To bite or chew food loudly with big jaw movements

chews more slowly and deliberately, not forceful but noisy often for tobacco

G

to gnaw

vsto chaw

30 3.2

Bite or chew something again and again to make it smaller

chews slowly and noisily, often for tobacco rather than to wear it away

M

to mumble

vsto chaw

• Archaic

1 8.9

To chew food using the gums when you have no teeth

chews slowly and noisily with teeth and intention, not by gum motion

N

to naw

vsto chaw

• UK

9.9

To bite or chew something many times until it wears away

is a slow noisy chew often for tobacco rather than persistent material wear

Antonyms

S

to spit out

94 2.3

To push food or drink out of your mouth

How Vigorous

to chomp

31 4.0

to gnaw

30 3.2

to chaw

• Archaic

1 9.9

to chew

457 1.0

to nibble

56 2.0

Surface Forms

Etymology