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chaws

chaws is the plural of chaw.

chaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative of chaw.

Meaning of chaw

Noun (1)

chaw (countable and uncountable, plural chaws)

  1. (countable) That which is chewed.
  2. (Appalachia, informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.
    • When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw, but then developed cancer of the mouth.

Noun (2)

chaw (plural chaws)

  1. (obsolete) The jaw.
    • all the poison ran about his chaw2006, Hackett (Indianapolis) edition of Edmund Spenser's [1590] “Book I, Canto IV” of The Faerie Queene, page 62

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Phrases with chaws

Questions about chaws

What is chaws the plural of?
Chaws is the plural of chaw.

Words near chaws in the dictionary

  1. Chawmos
  2. chawn
  3. chawnce
  4. chawnces
  5. Chawner
  6. chaws
  7. chaws up
  8. chawstick
  9. chawsticks
  10. Chawston
  11. Chawton

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