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Added 9 October 2026

chow

/t͡ʃaʊ/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about chow at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Food, especially snacks.
I'm going to pick up some chow for dinner.
Unripe, or partially ripened, fruit seasoned and served as a dish, e.g. pineapple chow or mango chow.
A Chow Chow.

noun

A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district.

noun

A run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit.
A call for forming such a run using a discarded tile.

verb

To call a discarded tile to produce a chow.

Origin

Shortened from chow-chow, from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow. Compare Macanese chau-cháu. See also English chow fun, chow mein, etc.

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