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chowing

/ˈt͡ʃaʊɪŋ/

chowing is the present participle and gerund 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

See all 11 meanings of chow

Phrases with chowing

Questions about chowing

What is chowing the present participle and gerund of?
Chowing is the present participle and gerund of chow.
How do you pronounce chowing?
Chowing is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃaʊɪŋ/.

Words near chowing in the dictionary

  1. chowdry
  2. chowed
  3. chowed down
  4. chowhound
  5. chowhounds
  6. chowing
  7. chowing down
  8. chowk
  9. chowkat
  10. chowkats
  11. chowkedar

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