chowchow
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow (“food”). Compare Macanese chau-cháu.
Noun edit
chowchow (countable and uncountable, plural chowchows)
- A Chinese preserve. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- An American relish, containing pickled green tomatoes, cabbage, and often other vegetables.
- A fruit ketchup
- (obsolete, slang, Anglo-Chinese) Gossip.
- Alternative form of Chow Chow (“type of dog”)
Synonyms edit
ketchup
Translations edit
ketchup
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Verb edit
chowchow (third-person singular simple present chowchows, present participle chowchowing, simple past and past participle chowchowed)
- (obsolete, slang, Anglo-Chinese) To gossip.
- 1861, The London and China Telegraph, page 316:
- […] some ten or twelve fellows were chow chowing and drinking, playing at the Chinese game with their fingers, shouting and yelling like demons.
Adjective edit
chowchow (not comparable)
- (obsolete, slang, Anglo-Chinese) Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed.
- chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together)
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Noun edit
chowchow m (plural chowchows)
- Alternative form of chow chow