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Chow definition

chou
chowing chows
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Food; victuals.
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To eat.

Chowed down on the meat and potatoes.

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Chow is slang for food.

An example of chow is the food served at a school cafeteria.

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The definition of a chow is a breed of Chinese dog, a chow chow, with a thick coat and a black tongue.

An example of a chow is a fluffy reddish-brown dog being shown at a dog show.

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(chiefly Australia, slang, now rare) A Chinese person.
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Any of a breed of medium-sized dog, originally from China, with a thick, dark coat and a blue-black tongue.
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(slang) Food or mealtime.
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(slang, uncountable) Food, especially snacks.

I'm going to pick up some chow for dinner.

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(slang, South Africa) To eat.
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(Mahjong) To (use a tile or tiles to) piece together a winning combination of tiles.
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(improper) An alternative form of Zhou (dynasty, realm, & era)
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To chow means to eat.

An example of chow down is to eat three plates of food at a meal.

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A Chinese breed of dog; the Chow Chow.
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chow down
  • to eat a meal
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Noun

Singular:
chow
Plural:
chows

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

Origin of chow

  • Possibly from Cantonese zaap6 food, miscellany chop suey

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • An irregular romanization of Mandarin Chinese 周 (Zhōu)

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortened from chow-chow.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Chinese.

    From Wiktionary

Chow Sentence Examples

  • In order to understand the events of his life and the influence of his opinions, we must endeavour to get some impression of the China that existed in his time, in the 5th and 6th centuries B.C. The dynasty of Chow, the third which within historic time had ruled the country, lasting from 1122 to 256 B.C., had passed its zenith, and its kings no longer held the sceptre with a firm grasp. The territory under their sway was not a sixth part of the present empire.

  • They place their puppies directly on adult dog chow.

  • Within the China of the Chow dynasty there might be a population, in Confucius's time, of from io,000,000 to 15,000,000.

  • Lu had a great name among the other states of Chow, its marquises being descended from the duke of Chow, the legislator and consolidator of the dynasty which had been founded by his father and brother, the famous kings Wan and Wu.

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