chow

noun7

1. •
   (slang) Food, especially snacks.

   • I'm going to pick up some chow for dinner.
2. •
   A Chow Chow.

   • ‘I'd try and grapple with him myself, only I've got my chow in my room, you know, and he goes for pigs wherever he finds them.’ — 1914
3. •
   A run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit.
4. •
   A call for forming such a run using a discarded tile.
5. •
   A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district.
6. •
   Unripe, or partially ripened, fruit seasoned and served as a dish, e.g. pineapple chow or mango chow.
7. •
   (slang, no longer used) A Chinese person.

   • These were the creatures Nawnim had been amazed to see about him on the day of his arrival. When he inquired about them, Anna told him they were Japs an' Chows. — 1938

verb2

1. •
   (South-Africa, slang) To eat.
2. •
   To call a discarded tile to produce a chow.

   • […] while the adversary on his right will repeatedly bury in the discard the very tiles he wishes to chow but can't. — 2007

noun1

1. •
   A Chow Chow (Chinese breed of dog).

   • Colin was a Chow; an interesting Chinese breed that looks a bit like a Pomeranian on steroids[.] — 2005