5 Letter Words That Start With CH

chuff

Adjective : (British) Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.

Adjective : (UK, dialect) stupid; churlish; loutish.

Verb : In a chuff manner.

charm

Noun : An object, act or words believed to have magic power (usually carries a positive connotation).

Noun : (often in the plural) The ability to persuade, delight or arouse admiration.

Noun : A small trinket on a bracelet or chain, etc., traditionally supposed to confer luck upon the wearer.

chide

Verb : (transitive) To admonish in blame; to reproach angrily.

Verb : (intransitive, obsolete) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.

Verb : (ambitransitive) To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

chasm

Noun : (geology, planetology) A deep, steep-sided rift, gap or fissure; a gorge or abyss.

Noun : (by extension) A large difference of opinion.

chafe

Noun : Heat excited by friction.

Noun : Injury or wear caused by friction.

Noun : Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

check

Noun : An inspection or examination.

Noun : A control; a limit or stop.

Noun : (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

churl

Noun : (feudalism, obsolete except historical)

Noun : A free peasant (as opposed to a serf) of the lowest rank, below an earl and a thane; a freeman; also (more generally), a person without royal or noble status; a commoner.

Noun : A bondman or serf.

chink

Noun : A narrow opening such as a fissure or crack.

Noun : A narrow beam or patch of light admitted by such an opening.

Noun : A chip or dent in something metallic.

chary

Adjective : Careful, cautious, shy, wary.

Adjective : Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious.

Adjective : Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing.

chaos

Noun : The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.

Noun : Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.

Noun : (mathematics) A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.

chest

Noun : A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

Noun : (obsolete) A coffin.

Noun : The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

chime

Noun : (music) A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.

Noun : An individual ringing component of such a set.

Noun : A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.

churn

Verb : (transitive) To agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.

Verb : (transitive, figuratively) To produce excessive and sometimes undesirable or unproductive activity or motion.

Verb : (intransitive) To move rapidly and repetitively with a rocking motion; to tumble, mix or shake.

cheer

Noun : (uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.

Noun : (now uncountable) That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness, especially food and entertainment prepared for a festive occasion.

Noun : (countable) A cry expressing joy, approval or support, such as "hurrah".

chuck

Noun : (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

Noun : (US, slang, dated) Food.

Noun : (mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

chaff

Noun : The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

Noun : Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

Noun : (figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

cholo

Noun : (derogatory) A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics.

chief

Noun : The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.

Noun : (uncountable, only with "in") Headship, the status of being a chief or leader.

Noun : (heraldry) The top part of a shield or escutcheon; more specifically, an ordinary consisting of the upper part of the field cut off by a horizontal line, generally occupying the top third.

chimo

Noun : (US, prison slang) A child molester.

chunk

Noun : A part of something that has been separated.

Noun : A representative portion of a substance, often large and irregular.

Noun : (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a bundle or cluster.

chomo

Noun : (US, prison slang) A child molester.

cheek

Noun : (anatomy) The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.

Noun : (anatomy, informal, usually in the plural) The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts.

Noun : (figurative, informal, uncountable) Impudence.

chore

Noun : A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as cleaning or preparing meals.

Noun : A task that is a difficult, unpleasant, or tediously routine.

Verb : (US, dated) To do chores.

chine

Noun : The top of a ridge.

Noun : The spine of an animal.

Noun : A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.

chord

Noun : (music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

Noun : (geometry) A line segment between two points of a curve.

Noun : (engineering) A horizontal member of a truss.

child

Noun : (broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).

Noun : (pediatrics, sometimes, in a stricter sense) A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.

Noun : (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.

chick

Noun : A young bird.

Noun : A young chicken.

Noun : (dated, endearing) A young child.

chill

Noun : A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

Noun : A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.

Noun : An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.

chant

Verb : To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.

Verb : To sing or intone sacred text.

Verb : To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.

chose

Noun : (law) A thing; personal property.

Noun : (management) Acronym of confidence, hope, optimism, subjective well-being, and emotional intelligence. [Self-assurance.]

chirp

Noun : A short, sharp or high note or noise, as of a bird or insect.

Noun : (radar, sonar, radio telescopy etc.) A pulse of signal whose frequency sweeps through a band of frequencies for the duration of the pulse.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a short, sharp, cheerful note, as of small birds or crickets; to chitter; to twitter.

ching

Noun : A pair of small bowl-shaped finger cymbals made of thick and heavy bronze, used in the music of Thailand and Cambodia.

Noun : (countable) A ringing sound, as of metal or glass being struck.

Noun : (uncountable, slang) Money (from the sound of a cash register ringing up an amount).

chaun

Noun : (obsolete) A gap or rift

Verb : (obsolete) To open, or yo to yawn.

chase

Noun : The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.

Noun : A hunt; the act of hunting; the pursuit of game.

Noun : (uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.

choke

Verb : (intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).

Verb : (transitive) To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.

Verb : (transitive) To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.

chump

Noun : (colloquial, derogatory) An incompetent person, a blockhead; a loser.

Noun : (colloquial, derogatory) A gullible person; a sucker; someone easily taken advantage of; someone lacking common sense.

Noun : The thick end, especially of a piece of wood or of a joint of meat.

cheap

Adjective : Low or reduced in price.

Adjective : Of poor quality.

Adjective : Of little worth.

champ

Noun : (informal) Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)

Verb : (informal) To act or behave like a champ; to endure. [with it or up]

Noun : (Ireland) A dish comprising mashed potato and chopped scallions.

chico

Noun : (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American boy; a Latino.

Noun : The fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.

Noun : (American Southwest, chiefly in the plural) Sweet corn that has been cooked and dried on the cob.

chair

Noun : An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

Noun : (usually with definite article) The post or position of chairperson.

Noun : (music) The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

chute

Noun : A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

Noun : A waterfall or rapid.

Noun : A pen or passageway to constrain the movement of an animal, such as livestock being loaded for transport; the pen in which an animal is confined before being released in a rodeo.

chevy

Noun : (countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.

Noun : (countable) A cry used in hunting.

Noun : (uncountable) The game of prisoners' bars.

churr

Verb : To make the low vocal sound of some birds.

Noun : A low vocal sound made by some birds.

Verb : Alternative spelling of chirr (“to make an insect sound”) [(intransitive) To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).]

chirm

Noun : (obsolete) A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.

Verb : (obsolete) To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird does.

choda

Noun : (vulgar, slang) Bastard, son of a bitch.

Noun : (vulgar, slang) Penis.

chirr

Verb : (intransitive) To make the prolonged trilling sound of an insect (e.g. a grasshopper, a cicada).

Noun : The trilled sound made by an insect.

chuke

Noun : (US, slang) Clipping of pachuco (“Mexican American, especially juvenile delinquent”). [(US, countable) A Mexican American, especially a juvenile delinquent in the Los Angeles area.]

chain

Noun : A series of interconnected rings or links usually made of metal.

Noun : A series of interconnected things.

Noun : A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.

chart

Noun : A map.

Noun : A map illustrating the geography of a specific phenomenon.

Noun : A navigator's map.

choir

Noun : A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

Noun : (Christian angelology) One of the nine ranks or orders of angels.

Noun : Set of strings (one per note) for a harpsichord.

chock

Noun : Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.

Noun : (nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally was a fixture near a bulwark with two horns pointing towards each other, with a gap between where the line can be inserted.

Verb : (transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.

chomp

Noun : The act of chomping (see below)

Noun : (computing, rare) A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.

Verb : (intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.

cheep

Verb : Of a small bird, to make short, high-pitched sounds.

Verb : To express in a chirping tone.

Noun : A short, high-pitched sound made by a small bird.

chirk

Verb : (intransitive, especially as "chirk up") To become happier.

Verb : (transitive, especially as "chirk up") To make happier.

Verb : To make the sound of a bird; to chirp.

chace

Noun : A surname originating as an occupation.

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

Verb : Obsolete spelling of chase. [(transitive) To pursue.]

chare

Noun : (Northern England) A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.

Verb : (intransitive) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.

Noun : Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker"). [A charred substance.]

chank

Noun : (India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.

Verb : (US) To eat noisily; to champ or chomp.

Noun : (euphemistic, derogatory, offensive) chink.

chert

Noun : (geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.

Noun : (countable) A flint-like tool made from chert.

chimp

Noun : (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.

Verb : (informal, often derogatory) To review each image on a digital camera after it is taken.

Verb : (informal, often derogatory) To get very excited when showing images on a digital camera.

chark

Noun : Charcoal; coke.

Noun : A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill.

Noun : (US, Alaska) A wine glass.

chaus

Noun : (dated) Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus)

Noun : Obsolete spelling of chiaus. [(historical) An Ottoman Empire court official; an attendant, messenger, herald, interpreter.]

Noun : Alternative letter-case form of chaus; obsolete spelling of chiaus. [(dated) Synonym of jungle cat (Felis chaus)]

choom

Noun : (New Zealand, Australia, dated, informal) An Englishman.

chirl

Verb : (Scotland, intransitive) To emit a low sound; to warble.

Noun : (Scotland) A kind of musical warble.

china

Noun : A nation or civilization occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers in East Asia, taken as a whole under its various dynasties.

Noun : A large country in East Asia, occupying the region around the Yellow, Yangtze, and Pearl Rivers; the People's Republic of China, since 1949.

Noun : Synonym of mainland China.

cheat

Verb : (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

Verb : (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.

Verb : (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.

chile

Noun : A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

Noun : (US, regional) Alternative form of chili (a chili pepper). [(countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.]

Noun : Pronunciation spelling of child, representing Southern US and African-American Vernacular English. [(broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).]

chela

Noun : A pincer-like claw of a crustacean or arachnid. [from 17th c.]

Noun : A pupil or disciple, especially in Hinduism. [from 19th c.]

chivy

Noun : Alternative form of chevy [(countable) A hunt or pursuit; a chase.]

Verb : Alternative form of chevy [(transitive) To chase or hunt.]

chear

Noun : Obsolete form of cheer. [(uncountable) A cheerful attitude; happiness; a good, happy, or positive mood.]

Verb : Obsolete form of cheer. [(transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.]

chode

Noun : Alternative spelling of choad [(vulgar, slang) A penis, especially one that is short and thick.]

chola

Noun : A female cholo (Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody with similar characteristics).

choad

Noun : (vulgar, slang) A penis, especially one that is short and thick.

Noun : (vulgar, derogatory, slang) A loser or undesirable person; an insulting name.

Noun : (slang, vulgar) The perineum.

churm

Noun : Alternative form of chirm [(obsolete) A din or confused noise, as of many voices, birdsong, etc.]

chyme

Noun : The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.

chops

Noun : (slang) Jaws, lips, mouth.

Noun : (originally US jazz slang) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.

Noun : (informal, by extension) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency.

chaps

Noun : Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.

Noun : (British) Acronym of clearing house automated payment system: a method of same-day banking transfer.

chewy

Adjective : Having a pliable or springy texture when chewed.

Adjective : Prone to chewing.

Adjective : (oenology) Full-bodied and tannic.

chape

Noun : The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard.

Noun : (archaic) The piece by which an object is attached to something, such as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

Noun : The tip of a fox's tail.

chica

Noun : (Canada, US, informal) A Latin-American girl; a Latina.

Noun : An orange-red dyestuff obtained by boiling the leaves of the bignonia.

Noun : A surname.

chari

Noun : A river in Central Africa, the main water source for Lake Chad.

chums

Noun : (dated) A friend; a pal.

Noun : (dated) A roommate, especially in a college or university.

Verb : (intransitive) To share rooms with someone; to live together.

choli

Noun : (fashion) A short-sleeved blouse worn under a sari; an Indian underbodice.

chuse

Verb : Obsolete spelling of choose. [To pick; to make the choice of; to select.]

chack

Verb : To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

Verb : (ice-skating, transitive) To not broadcast a medal-winning or otherwise memorable or crucial figure skating performance. This only occurs in a live broadcast because the network has to decide which programs to show and which to cut in the interest of time. If a skater is low in the rankings and several big names are set to skate later, that performance may be cut.

Verb : (intransitive) Of birds: to make a sudden harsh call.

choco

Noun : (countable, Australia, obsolete) A militiaman or conscript; chocolate soldier.

Noun : (countable, Australia, slang) An army reservist.

Noun : (countable, Australia, slang) A person with dark skin tone.

chati

Noun : A small South American subspecies of tiger cat (Leopardus pardalis mitis), native to Argentina and Paraguay.

chese

chowk

Noun : (India, Pakistan) An intersection or roundabout, where tracks or roads cross (often used in place names).

Noun : (India, Pakistan) A marketplace or open area in a city or village.

Noun : (India, Pakistan) A courtyard.

chonk

Adjective : (slang, chiefly Internet slang, of an animal) Adorably fat or large.

Noun : (slang, chiefly Internet slang) An adorably fat or large creature, particularly a cat.

Noun : Alternative form of chank (“type of shell”) [(India) The large spiral shell of several species of sea conch, much used in making bangles, especially Turbinella pyrum.]

chork

Noun : An eating utensil that can be used like chopsticks or like a fork.

choss

Noun : (climbing) Rock that is unsuitable for rock climbing, e.g. because it is too soft, unstable, or overgrown.

Noun : (informal) chaos

chasu

Noun : A Bantu language spoken in Northern Tanzania by people living in the Pare Mountains.

Noun : Alternative form of char siu [A style of preparation of barbecued pork in Cantonese cuisine, typically using honey and spices.]

cheif

Noun : Obsolete spelling of chief. [The leader or head of a tribe, organisation, business unit, or other group.]

chess

Noun : A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.

Noun : (now chiefly US) Any of several species of grass in the genus Bromus, generally considered weeds.

Noun : (military, chiefly in the plural) One of the platforms, consisting of two or more planks dowelled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge.

chili

Noun : (countable) The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.

Noun : (uncountable) Powdered chili pepper, used as a spice or flavouring in cooking.

Noun : (Indian Chinese cuisine) A spicy stew of chicken or paneer, capsicum and onion, eaten as an appetizer.

chive

Noun : A perennial plant, Allium schoenoprasum, related to the onion.

Noun : (in the plural or attributive) The leaves of this plant used as a herb.

Noun : (obsolete) The style and stigma of a flower, especially saffron.

chara

Noun : A green alga of the genus Chara.

Noun : Shortened form of charabanc

Noun : (countable) A surname.

chemo

Verb : (informal, transitive) To treat with chemotherapy.

Noun : (informal) Clipping of chemotherapy. [(medicine) Any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.]

chian

Adjective : Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.

Noun : A native or inhabitant of Chios.

chang

Noun : (often italicized) A traditional harp of central and southwest Asia

Noun : A surname from Mandarin.

Noun : A surname from Chinese.

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