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chaw

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/t͡ʃɔː/ English

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noun

  1. Chewing tobacco.“When the doctor told him to quit smoking, Harvey switched to chaw, but then developed cancer of the mouth.”
  2. A plug or wad of chewing tobacco.
  3. The jaw.

verb

  1. To chew; to grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud)
  2. To ruminate (about) in thought; to ponder; to consider
  3. To steal.“Some pikey's chawed my bike.”

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