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chow1       [chou] Pronunciation Key Informal.
–noun
1.food, esp. hearty dishes or a meal.
—Verb phrase
2.chow down, to eat; eat a meal, esp. the main meal of the day: In the army we usually chow down at 6 p.m.
[Origin: 1855–60, Americanism; short for chow-chow]
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chow2       [chou] Pronunciation Key
–noun (often initial capital letter)
chow chow.
[Origin: short form]
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Chow       [chou; Chin. joh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
Chou.
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Chow       [chou] Pronunciation Key
–noun Australian Disparaging.
a Chinese.
[Origin: 1870–75; special use of chow1]
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chow 1       (chou)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Any of a breed of heavyset dog originating in China, having a long, dense, reddish-brown or black coat and a blue-black tongue. Also called chow chow.


[Possibly of Chinese Pidgin English origin.]

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chow 2       (chou)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Food; victuals.

intr.v.   chowed, chow·ing, chows
To eat: chowed down on the meat and potatoes.


[Possibly from Chinese (Cantonese) tsaāp, food, miscellany; see chop suey.]

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Chow       (jō)  Pronunciation Key 
See Zhou.

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Zhou or Chou or Chow       (jō)  Pronunciation Key 
A Chinese dynasty (traditionally dated 1122-221 B.C.) characterized by great intellectual achievements, including the rise of Confucianism and Taoism and the writing of the oldest known Chinese literature.


[Chinese (Mandarin) Zhōu.]

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chow 
"food," 1856, Amer.Eng. (originally in California), from Chinese pidgin Eng. chow-chow (1795) "food," reduplication of Chinese cha or tsa "mixed." The dog breed of the same name is from 1886, of unknown origin, but some suggest a link to the Chinese tendency to see dogs as edible.

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chow

noun
1. the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism [syn: Zhou] 
2. informal terms for a meal 
3. breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in northern China 

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Chow

Chow\, n. [Chin chou.] A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district; -- often part of the name of a city, as in Foochow.

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