食う — meaning in English

English meaning

• bang noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
• chow noun Informal: food, especially a meal or snack.
• eat verb To take food into the mouth and swallow it.
• inedible adjective Not fit or safe to be eaten.
• sting noun A sharp pain, or the puncture and injection of venom by an insect or animal.

Senses

食う is used for these senses in English:

• bang (slang, ambitransitive, vulgar) To engage in sexual intercourse.
• chow (slang, South Africa) To eat.
• eat To ingest; to be ingested.
• inedible not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat
• sting (transitive, of an insect or arachnid) To puncture with the stinger.

bang — full definition

1. noun A sudden loud noise, such as an explosion or a hard impact.
2. verb To hit something hard, often producing a loud noise.
3. noun In plural, a fringe of hair cut straight across the forehead (chiefly US).

chow — full definition

1. noun Informal: food, especially a meal or snack.
2. noun Short for Chow Chow, a fluffy Chinese dog breed known for its blue-black tongue.
3. verb Informal: to eat, especially heartily ("chow down").

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