chaw

Bedeutung (English)

Noun

1. That which is chewed.
2. (informal) Chewing tobacco.

Verb

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

Konzepte

kauen

Kautabak

Synonyms

chew

plug

quid

wad

champing

cud

smack one’s lips

chewing tobacco

jaw

mouth

mumble

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/t͡ʃɔ/

Etymologie (English)

Inherited from Mittelenglisch: chawen

Cognate with Mittelniederländisch: cauwen

Cognate with Niederländisch: kauwen

Cognate with Niederländisch: kauw

Cognate with Middle Low German: kauwen

Cognate with Altenglisch: ġecow

Cognate with Mittelenglisch: icheu

In summary

From Middle English chawen, an unexplained variation of chewen (“to chew”). 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 *ġeċēow (“chewing”), whence Middle English icheu (“gnawing, biting”).