Word.ws English Dictionary

chavs

/ˈt͡ʃævz/

chavs is the plural of chav.

Meaning of chav

Noun

chav (plural chavs)

  1. (Ireland, UK, derogatory, offensive) A working-class youth, especially one associated with aggression, poor education, and a perceived "common" taste in clothing and lifestyle.
    • Lyrical staff / Never could they ever take me for a chav / Scholar in the English, scholar in the Math / Dizzee ain't no riff raffa. 2009, Dizzee Rascal, “Creeper (Freestyle)”

Words that rhyme with chavs

Questions about chavs

What is chavs the plural of?
Chavs is the plural of chav.
How do you pronounce chavs?
Chavs is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃævz/.

Words near chavs in the dictionary

  1. Chavril
  2. chavrusa
  3. chavrusas
  4. chavruta
  5. chavrutas
  6. chavs
  7. chavtastic
  8. chavtastically
  9. chavurah
  10. chavurahs
  11. chavurot

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chavs (page history and authors); chav (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-chavs.ogg.

Cite this entry: “chavs.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/chavs. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.