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Chaw

🔄 Synonyms of "Chaw"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
plugnoun	(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
quidnoun	Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
wadnoun	An amorphous, compact mass.
cudnoun	The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
chewverb	To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Chaw"

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Word	Definition
chewverb	To crush with the teeth by repeated closing and opening of the jaws; done to food to soften it and break it down by the action of saliva before it is swallowed.
cudnoun	The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.
wadnoun	An amorphous, compact mass.
plugnoun	(electricity) A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one.
quidnoun	Paired with quo, in reference to the phrase quid pro quo (“this for that”): something offered in exchange for something else.
baconnoun	Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
chawenoun	Obsolete spelling of chaw (“jaw”). [(countable) That which is chewed.]
chawernoun	One who chaws; a chewer.
chignoun	(UK, dialect) A piece of chewing tobacco; a quid.
chewingverb	The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
snussnoun	Chewing tobacco.
chewynoun	(US, informal) A type of soft and sticky cookie.
chewienoun	(Australia, informal) Chewing gum.
chuttynoun	(Australia, slang) chewing gum
chewing tobacconoun	(US) Tobacco, cut or ground finely, and placed between the cheek and the gum to allow nicotine absorption through the mucous membranes.
gumchewingnoun	The chewing of gum.
chewing gumnoun	A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing.
chuddynoun	(UK, New Zealand, youth slang) chewing gum
chewing-gumnoun	Dated form of chewing gum. [A flavoured preparation of chicle or synthetic rubber, made for chewing.]
chompnoun	The act of chomping (see below)