'chow-chow' definitions:

Definition of 'chow-chow'

From: GCIDE
  • chow-chow \chow-chow\ (chou"chou`), n.
  • 1. chopped pickles in mustard sauce.
  • Syn: chowchow. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 2. a Chinese preserve of mixed fruits and ginger.
  • Syn: chowchow. [WordNet 1.5]
  • 3. a breed of thick-coated medium-sized dogs with fluffy curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to have originated in north China.
  • Syn: chow, chow chow. [WordNet 1.5]
  • Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship. --S. W. Williams. [1913 Webster]