chaun

C3H4A1U1N1
/t͡ʃɔːn/

noun

A gap or rift.

RareFirst used 17th centuryScrabble 10
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Meanings

nounchaun (plural chauns)

plural chauns

  1. obsoleteA gap or rift.First known use 17th century
verbchaun (third-person singular simple present chauns, present participle chauning, simple past and past participle chauned)

present singular third person chauns · participle present chauning · participle past chauned · past chauned

  1. obsoleteTo open, or yo to yawn.

    O, chaun thy breast.

    c. 1599 (date written), I. M. [i.e., John Marston], The History of Antonio and Mellida. The First Part. […], London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Mathewe Lownes, and Thomas Fisher, […], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page)

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chaun

ongoneseandrawndawnlawnwithdrawnVaughanShaunthereonpawnyawnStrachanSiobhansawnawnbrawnpwnstrawnKhersonwhereonrespawnfaunhereon
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Anagrams

nucha
Cite this entry
APA

chaun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaun

MLA

“chaun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaun. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chaun,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chaun.

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