to chaw

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English - English
To steal
Nonstandard spelling of chew; to grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit

the king he set down and twisted his head to one side, and chawed his tongue, and scrawled off something.

To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit
chew without swallowing; "chawtobacco"
A plug or wad of chewing tobacco
The jaw
To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over
Chewing tobacco
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
Chaw has a wide range of senses in regional expressions. One Northern and Western meaning of the verb is "to bawl someone out": He chawed her good. A Southern sense is "to get the best of someone in a bantering contest" or simply "to embarrass": "That compliment sort of chawed me" (Publication of the American Dialect Society). The noun chaw can mean "a twist of chewing tobacco" or "an attachment or hold (on someone)" for example, a flirtatious woman in Tennessee is "tryin' to git a chaw on a feller" (Dialect Notes)
chew without swallowing; "chawtobacco
{i} piece of something chewable (as tobacco)
{f} chew without swallowing
As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid
to chaw
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