I. chow 1 /tʃaʊ/ BrE AmE noun
[ Sense 1: Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: Perhaps from Mandarin Chinese jiao 'meat dumpling' ]
[ Sense 2: Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Perhaps from Cantonese kau 'dog' ]
1 . [uncountable] old-fashioned informal food:
I ordered some chow and sat down.
2 . [countable] ( also ˈchow chow ) a type of dog with long thick fur that first came from China
II. chow 2 BrE AmE verb
chow down phrasal verb American English informal
to eat:
She had to chow down with the others in the cafeteria.