chowter

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verb

To grumble or mutter sulkily.

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Meanings

verbchowter (third-person singular simple present chowters, present participle chowtering, simple past and past participle chowtered)

present singular third person chowters · participle present chowtering · participle past chowtered · past chowtered · alternative jowter

  1. obsoleteTo grumble or mutter sulkily.

    Chuk poured out the coffee , and handed him the sugar and milk ; and while Richard was eating , the boy tended his master , and chowtered about the room . “ There is not a boom on the river like that , ” he said , " and there'll never be[…]"

    1850, Sylvester Judd, Richard Edney and the Governor's Family

Origin

Uncertain. Compare dialectal chowre (“to complain”), and English dialect chow (“to grumble”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

wotcher
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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