chaw

(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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/t͡ʃɔ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: chawen

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: cauwen

Verwant aan Nederlands: kauwen

Verwant aan Nederlands: kauw

Verwant aan Middle Low German: kauwen

Verwant aan Oudengels: ġecow

Verwant aan Middelengels: 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”).

Synoniemen

chew

plug

quid

wad

champing

cud

smack one’s lips

chewing tobacco

jaw

mouth

mumble

Vertalingen

kauen

Kautabak

chique

mâcher

pruneau

tabac à chiquer

cicca

bolo

mascar

taco

tapón

masticable

إمضغ

mascada