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chowchow

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See also: chow chow, chow-chow, and Chow Chow

English

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 chowchow on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Chinese Pidgin English chow-chow (food). Compare Macanese chau-cháu.

Noun

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chowchow (countable and uncountable, plural chowchows)

  1. A Chinese preserve. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. An American relish, containing pickled green tomatoes, cabbage, and often other vegetables.
  3. A fruit ketchup
  4. (obsolete, slang, Anglo-Chinese) Gossip.
  5. Alternative form of Chow Chow (type of dog)

Synonyms

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ketchup

Translations

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Verb

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chowchow (third-person singular simple present chowchows, present participle chowchowing, simple past and past participle chowchowed)

  1. (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

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chowchow (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, slang, Anglo-Chinese) Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed.
    chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together)

Derived terms

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French

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Noun

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chowchow m (plural chowchows)

  1. Alternative form of chow chow