chow

Meaning

Noun

1. (slang, uncountable, usually) Food, especially snacks.
2. (Trinidad-and-Tobago, uncountable, usually) Unripe, or partially ripened, fruit seasoned and served as a dish, e.g. pineapple chow or mango chow.
3. (uncountable, usually) A Chow Chow.
4. (Australia, archaic, slang, uncountable, usually) A Chinese person.

Verb

To eat.

Verb

To call a discarded tile to produce a chow.

Synonyms

chow chow

food

🍽️

chowchow

grub

chuck

chow-chow

provender

eats

feeding

fodder

forage

meal

mess

repast

sustenance

Chinaman

chow down

aliment

animal foodstuff

boxer

chew

cocker

course

diet

eat

🍽️

fare

Translations

foraggio

φαγητό

bouffe

cane cinese

chow chow

Futter

cibo

🍽️

chow-chow

chow chow

Nahrung

ζωική τροφή

είδος σκύλου

τσάου

aliment

🍽️

manduca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/t͡ʃaʊ/

Etymology

Cognate with Macanese: chau-cháu

In summary

Shortened from chow-chow, from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow. Compare Macanese chau-cháu. See also English chow fun, chow mein, etc.