Meanings
verbchow down (third-person singular simple present chows down, present participle chowing down, simple past and past participle chowed down)
present singular third person chows down · participle present chowing down · participle past chowed down · past chowed down
- informalintransitiveTo eat, especially to eat vigorously.
We're all famished; it's time to chow down.
1 more example
You better chow down, or it's gonna get cold / So eat it, I don't care if you're full
1984, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Eat It”, in "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
French gueuletonner, becqueter
- gueuletonnerto eat vigorously
- becqueterto eat vigorously
Polish wcinać, zajadać
- wcinaćto eat vigorously
- zajadaćto eat vigorously
- wsuwaćto eat vigorously
- wsunąćto eat vigorously
- pałaszowaćto eat vigorously
- spałaszowaćto eat vigorously
Spanish llenar
- llenarto eat vigorously
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