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chowchowing

chowchowing is the present participle and gerund of chowchow.

Meaning of chowchow

Verb

chowchow (third-person singular simple present chowchows, present participle chowchowing, simple past and past participle chowchowed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, slang) To gossip.
    • […] some ten or twelve fellows were chow chowing and drinking, playing at the Chinese game with their fingers, shouting and yelling like demons.1861, The London and China Telegraph, page 316

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Questions about chowchowing

What is chowchowing the present participle and gerund of?
Chowchowing is the present participle and gerund of chowchow.

Words near chowchowing in the dictionary

  1. chowchillas
  2. chowchow
  3. chowchow chop
  4. chowchow chops
  5. chowchowed
  6. chowchowing
  7. chowchows
  8. chowdah
  9. chowder
  10. chowder beer
  11. chowder head

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