chow, v.² — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

chow v.²

also chow on

to eat; thus chow up, to prepare food.

1906		C. Fowler letter 23 Dec. in Tomlinson Rocky Mountain Sailor (1998) 188: It's time to chow now, and I am going ashore right after dinner .
1907		C. M’Govern By Bolo and Krag 110: I proceeded to Bill’s residence to [...] bathe and chow.
1920		F. Williams Hop-Heads 95: We’ll sit down here and ‘chow’.
1921		P. & T. Casey Gay-cat 55: That clock, it at seven. You chowed at five. Now you want chow again.
1959		J. Thompson Getaway in Four Novels (1983) 8: Catch onto some of that coffee and chow yourself.
1969		D. Pendleton Executioner (1973) 114: ‘Let’s chow up first,’ [...] they went off together toward the kitchen.
1979		(con. WWII) W.P. McGivern Soldiers of ’44 328: Let’s chow up.
1985		B. Simon ‘Outers’ Born in the RSA (1997) 53: I gave him an apple that time and he chowed it.
1986		S. King It (1987) 300: Bill, who had been chowing up a piece of his mother’s devil’s food cake.
1991		B. Hamper Rivethead (1992) 78: ‘The Grill’ [...] is where Ronny always did his serious chowin’.
1993		J. Mowry Six Out Seven (1994) 82: Beamer would always scrape up something to chow on.
2001		T. Fontana ‘Orpheus Descending’ Oz ser. 4 ep. 14 [TV script] How come you ain’t choing with your old pal Redding.
2001		S. King Dreamcatcher 334: He’d say grace before chowing in.
2005		A. Lovejoy Acid Alex 207: They’ve been filming a movie in prison. [...] They did the chowing shots in my section.

chow box (v.) [box n.¹ (1a)]

(US) to perform cunnilingus.

1997–2002		Alt. Eng. Dict. 🌐 chow box Eat Pussy Can be used as a command.
2002		B. Floyd Comments at GettingIt.com 🌐 Cunnilingus [...] carpet munching; cherry flip; chewing bubble gum; chow box; chow down; chowing; chow or chowing box; clam dinner; clean the carpet.

chow down (v.)

see separate entry.

chow out (v.)

(US campus) to overeat.

1978		UTSQ n.p.: Eat [...] munch out, chow down, chow out, stuff my gut [HDAS].
1984		Algeo Stud Buds and Dorks n.p.: To eat a lot [...] chow out [HDAS].

chow the rag (n.)

an argument.

1923

Belshill Speaker 28 Sept. 4/3: He came home from his work, and his wife immediately [...] started a ‘chow the rag’.