Chaw (Verb)
Meaning
Chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- The coach watched as Jimmy chawed on his gum, a habit that was both annoying and strangely endearing.
- He would sit for hours, gently chawing on a piece of straw as he watched the sunset.
- Some men would chaw on the fatty ends of a piece of stringy bacon while they worked in the fields.
- After spitting out the seeds, she continued to chaw on the tough fibers of the melon rind.
- He'd learned to chaw on the inside of his cheek to keep from speaking out of turn in class.