chewing tobacco

plural chewing tobaccos

1. Any of several kinds of tobacco preparation for oral use.
   1. UScountableuncountableTobacco, cut or ground finely, and placed between the cheek and the gum to allow nicotine absorption through the mucous membranes.

      "Take, say a fourth of a pound of chewing tobacco, tear it well to pieces, and put it into a vesssel and pour to it a sufficiency of boiling water...."

      1847, editorial staff, “Billions Cholic”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 80

      Synonyms: dip, snuff

   2. UScountabledateduncountableTobacco that is cut into strips or shreds, and chewed and then tucked between the cheek and the gum.

      Near-synonym: plug

      Synonyms: plug