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chowed

/t͡ʃaʊd/

chowed is the simple past and past participle of chow.

Meaning of chow

Verb (1)

chow (third-person singular simple present chows, present participle chowing, simple past and past participle chowed)

  1. (South Africa, slang) To eat.

Verb (2)

chow (third-person singular simple present chows, present participle chowing, simple past and past participle chowed)

  1. To call a discarded tile to produce a chow.
    • […] while the adversary on his right will repeatedly bury in the discard the very tiles he wishes to chow but can't.2007, Eleanor Noss Whitney, A Mah Jong Handbook: How to Play, Score, and Win, page 154
    Synonyms:
    chii

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Phrases with chowed

Words that rhyme with chowed

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Questions about chowed

What is chowed the simple past and past participle of?
Chowed is the simple past and past participle of chow.
How do you pronounce chowed?
Chowed is pronounced /t͡ʃaʊd/.

Words near chowed in the dictionary

  1. Chowdhurys
  2. chowdown
  3. chowdowns
  4. chowdries
  5. chowdry
  6. chowed
  7. chowed down
  8. chowhound
  9. chowhounds
  10. chowing
  11. chowing down

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