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chode

UK/tʃəʊd//tʃoʊd/

chode is the simple past of chide.

chode is the alternative spelling of choad.

Meaning of chide

Verb

chide (third-person singular simple present chides, present participle chiding, simple past chid or chided or chode, past participle chid or chided or chode or chidden)

  1. (literary, transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.
    • Valentine: Well, you’ll still be too forward.
      Speed: And yet I was last chidden for being too slow.c. 1594, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, act 2, scene 1
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.
    • And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 31:36
  3. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.
    • Where is he living, clipp’d in with the sea
      That chides the banks of England, Scotland, Wales,
      Which calls me pupil, or hath read to me?c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, act 3, scene 1

Meaning of choad

Noun

choad (plural choads)

  1. (slang, vulgar) A penis, especially one that is short and thick.
    • What a find...a giant choad!1968, Robert Crumb, Zap Comix, volume 3, unnumbered page
  2. (derogatory, slang, vulgar) A loser or undesirable person; an insulting name.
    • If you aren't the type of system manager that likes to be nice to the choad that forgot to log out, then the program has it's [sic.] other uses1985 February 28, Kevin Carosso, “VMS terminal I/O question”, fa-info.vax, Usenet via info-vax
  3. (slang, vulgar) The perineum.
    • One has to chuckle a bit at the sight of, in a single breath, getting borderline pedantic about the proper name for the region between anus and scrotum or vulva, and then using the term "thingy" ;)
      Referrence^([sic]) materials on hand at the moment, in all their general glory, would seem to point...1997 May 31, Clay 3 Young, “"Choad" rhymes with "toad"...was Re: Sex without orgasms?”, in alt.gothic (Usenet)

Synonyms of chode

Forms of chode

pluralchodes

Origin of chode

Formed in 16th–17th century by analogy with other strong verbs.

See choda.

Words that rhyme with chode

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Questions about chode

What is chode the simple past of?
Chode is the simple past of chide.
How do you pronounce chode?
Chode is pronounced /tʃəʊd/ (UK).

Words near chode in the dictionary

  1. choda
  2. chodas
  3. chodchod
  4. chodder
  5. chodders
  6. chode
  7. chodes
  8. chodneffite
  9. Chodorowian
  10. chods
  11. Choe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chode (page history and authors); chide (page history and authors); choad (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.

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