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chowter

chowter verb: to grumble or mutter sulkily.

Verb

chowter (third-person singular simple present chowters, present participle chowtering, simple past and past participle chowtered)

  1. (obsolete) To grumble or mutter sulkily.
    • Chuk poured out the coffee , and handed him the sugar and milk ; and while Richard was eating , the boy tended his master , and chowtered about the room . “ There is not a boom on the river like that , ” he said , " and there'll never be[…]"1850, Sylvester Judd, Richard Edney and the Governor's Family

Forms of chowter

third-person singular presentchowters
present participlechowtering
past participlechowtered
pastchowtered
alternative formjowter

Origin of chowter

Uncertain. Compare dialectal chowre (“to complain”), and English dialect chow (“to grumble”).

Questions about chowter

What does chowter mean?
Chowter means to grumble or mutter sulkily.
What part of speech is chowter?
Chowter is a verb.
What is the past tense of chowter?
The past tense of chowter is chowtered.

Words near chowter in the dictionary

  1. chowt
  2. chowtal
  3. chowtals
  4. chowtar
  5. chowtars
  6. chowter
  7. chowtered
  8. chowtering
  9. chowters
  10. chowtime
  11. chowts

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