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verb | noun chowchow1 /tʃaʊ/ verb ETYMOLOGYchow1Origin: (1) 1700-1800 Perhaps from Mandarin Chinese jiao meat dumpling (2) 1800-1900 Perhaps from Cantonese kau dog VERB TABLEchow |
Present | I, you, we, they | chow | | he, she, it | chows | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | chowed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have chowed | | he, she, it | has chowed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had chowed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will chow | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have chowed |
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Present | I | am chowing | | he, she, it | is chowing | | you, we, they | are chowing | Past | I, he, she, it | was chowing | | you, we, they | were chowing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been chowing | | he, she, it | has been chowing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been chowing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be chowing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been chowing |
chow down phrasal verb informal to eat, especially in a noisy way or in a way that shows you are very hungry: The children were chowing down on a pepperoni pizza. verb | noun chowchow2 noun 1 [uncountable] slang food2 (also chow chow) [countable] a dog with long thick fur and a dark-colored tongue, originally from China |