chaw

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable) That which is chewed.
2. (Appalachia, informal, uncountable) Chewing tobacco.

Verb

1. (Southern-US) To chew; grind with one's teeth; to masticate (food, or the cud).
2. (obsolete, transitive) To ruminate (about) in thought; to ponder; to consider.
3. (UK, slang) To steal.
4. (dialectal, intransitive) To be sulky.

Sinonieme

chew

plug

quid

wad

champing

cud

smack one’s lips

chewing tobacco

jaw

mouth

mumble

Vertalings

kauen

Kautabak

chique

mâcher

pruneau

tabac à chiquer

cicca

bolo

mascar

taco

tapón

masticable

إمضغ

mascada

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/t͡ʃɔ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: chawen

Verwante met Middle Dutch: cauwen

Verwante met Nederlands: kauwen

Verwante met Nederlands: kauw

Verwante met Middle Low German: kauwen

Verwante met Old English: ġecow

Verwante met Middle English: icheu

In summary

An unexplained variation of chewen (“to chew”). First attested in the sixteenth century. See chew for more. Cognate with Middle Dutch cauwen ("to chew"; whence Dutch kauwen), obsolete Dutch kauw (“the act of chewing, that which is chewed, chewed mass, wad of tobacco”), Middle Low German kauwen, kauen (“to chew”). Compare also Old English ġecow (“that which is chewed, food”) and *ġeċēaw (“chewing”), whence Middle English icheu (“gnawing, biting”).