chaw

\ ˈchȯ

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chawed; chawing; chaws

Definition of chaw

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chaw

Definition of chaw (Entry 2 of 2)

: a chew especially of tobacco

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Verb the farmer was intently chawing a carrot Noun enjoyed a chaw of tobacco

Recent Examples on the Web: 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, "Headless Bodies, Faceless Corpses," 20 Mar. 2020 Both of my sons are users of smokeless tobacco (chaw). — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, "Guy’s lies lead straight to the gym," 10 June 2018 Both of my sons are users of smokeless tobacco (chaw). — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, "Guy's lies lead straight to the gym," 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, "Guys And Dolls: Pitchers Of Streaking Indians Making Baseballs Into Artwork," 13 Sep. 2017 The man so loved his chaw that congressional pages ran fresh spittoons to his desk in relays. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "If You're a Federal Employee and Congress Doesn't Like You, They Can Slash Your Pay to a Dollar," 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, "Sign Up for the Sports Newsletter," 9 July 2016

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“Chaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chaw. Accessed 16 Jan. 2021.

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