chud

Verb

chud (third-person singular simple present chuds, present participle chudding, simple past and past participle chudded)

1. (obsolete) To champ; to bite.
   • the horse chuds his bit ſo chearfully1611, Anthony Stafford, Staffords Niobe

Noun (1)

chud (uncountable)

1. (New Zealand, UK, slang) Chewing gum.

Noun (2)

chud (plural chuds)

1. A cannibalistic humanoid underground dweller.
   • “Jesus, this is actually almost depressing.” [honking] “Need a ride, champ?” “Although not as depressing as-- Ron, what the hell are you doing here?” “I'm giving you a ride home. Come on. Hop in.” “What, did my mother send you?” “No, not exactly. I just thought it'd give us the chance to bond.”...2013 February 7, Adam Reed, Tesha Kondrat, “Midnight Ron” (4:53 from the start), in Archer, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin)
   • “Hey, Rick.” “Oh, hey, kiddo. How's your Saturday?” “You know, super chill. W-W-Whatcha doin'?” “Eh, nothing adventurous. You know that race of Underground Dwelling Cannibal Horse People that we're always fighting?” “Yeah, the CHUDs. W-W-What about 'em? “Well, don't tell anybody, but I'm working on...2021 July 11, Nick Rutherford, “Rickdependence Spray” (1:10 from the start), in Rick and Morty, season 5, episode 4, spoken by Morty Smith (Justin Roiland)
2. (US, slang) A gross, physically unappealing person.
   • But, Rhyanon, all I want to do, is to build a rapport,
     And that's when you call me, a fat smurf whore.
     "Useless fuckwipe, a pudley, a chud and a sackashit,
     Green card cunt, snarling wolverine bitch," you throw a fit.2001 July 15, Chive Mynde, “Rhyanon, Rhyanon, where are you my love?”, in alt.religion.wicca (Usenet)
   • At least you don't have to be a fugly fuckheaded chud who's bad at math!2007 April 5, David bin Bedlam, “yet more narcissistic drivel”, in alt.angst (Usenet)
3. (Internet, derogatory) A person who holds reactionary political views.
   • She refused to go to Thanksgiving with her chud family after her uncle started an argument about birtherism at the table last year.
   • She walked through the Shakedown Street outside the QAnon rally and marveled at the selection of healing crystals being sold by woo-woo upper-middle class chud women.
4. (Internet, also, attributive) An unlikable, useless, or antisocial person.
   • My little chud brother plays video games all day.
   • i hate my chud fucking brother so much he just hammered these into the wall2024 July 24, @skramzbunny, Twitter

Contraction

chud

1. (West-Country, contraction, obsolete) I could
   • Good Gentleman goe your gate, and let poore / volke paſſe: an ’chud ha’ bin zwaggered out of my life, / ’twould not ha’ bin zo long as ’tis by a vortnight.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Noun (3) capitalized: Chud

IPA/t͡ʃuːd/

Chud (plural Chuds or Chud)

1. (historical) A member of any of several Finnic peoples in the area of what is now Estonia, Karelia and Northwestern Russia.
   • In the meantime, the Chuds tied [her] foot so that she would not escape. When Liaine returned with his brother Aripi and son Peairi, he found the Sami camp smouldering and empty.1998, Michael P. Robinson, Karim-Aly S. Kassam, Leif Rantala, Sami Potatoes: Living with Reindeer and Perestroika, Bayeux Arts Incorporated, →ISBN, page 76
   • Some Chuds had attained a prominent position at the court of the early Russian princes. Military campaigns against the Chuds are mentioned in the chronicles from the 11th century. They were defeated by Prince Iaroslav Vladimirovich [...]2015, Anti Selart, Livonia, Rus’ and the Baltic Crusades in the Thirteenth Century, BRILL, →ISBN, page 62