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noun
Verb phrase1.
food, especially hearty dishes or a meal.
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chow down, to eat; eat a meal, especially the main meal of the day: In the army we usually chow down at 6 p.m.
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Chow down
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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World English Dictionary
| chow down | |
| —vb (foll by on) | |
| informal to eat heartily | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
chow down
Eat, as in He's always ready to chow down at dinner time. Originally military slang, this term is now more widely used. The noun chow in the sense of food, originating from either Chinese or pidgin English in the 18th century, also appears in such terms as chow line, a line of people waiting for food, and chow time, mealtime. [Slang; mid-1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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