"chowter" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: chowters [present, singular, third-person], chowtering [participle, present], chowtered [participle, past], chowtered [past]
Etymology: Compare Old English chowre, and English dialect chow (“to grumble”). Etymology templates: {{cog|ang|chowre}} Old English chowre, {{cog|en|-}} English Head templates: {{en-verb}} chowter (third-person singular simple present chowters, present participle chowtering, simple past and past participle chowtered)
  1. (obsolete) To grumble or mutter sulkily. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-chowter-en-verb-qRmwPZ4h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chowter meaning in English (1.6kB)

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