Meanings
verbchowse (third-person singular simple present chowses, present participle chowsing, simple past and past participle chowsed)
present singular third person chowses · participle present chowsing · participle past chowsed · past chowsed
- obsoletetransitiveObsolete spelling of chouse (“to cheat, to swindle”).
Shall chance ſupercede nature? And if nature has given me more ſtrength or cunning than you, why was that, but to make uſe of it? And either to chowſe you, or beat you out of what I think more convenient for my ſelf?
1706 August 3, Charles Leslie, A view of the times, their principles and practices: in the rehearsals, volume 2, number 127, London: W. Bowen, →OCLC, page 300
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chowse
housemousespouselaosnousblousetaosrousegrousescouseManauslouseespousedousedormousegasthaushoussdegausschiaussouseunblouse
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chowse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chowse
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“chowse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chowse. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chowse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chowse.
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