5 Letter Words That Start With CH

chuff

Verb : (intransitive) To make noisy puffing sounds, as of a steam locomotive.

Verb : (British, slang) To break wind.

Noun : A noisy puffing sound.

charm

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

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

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.

Noun : A locality and provincial park in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.

chafe

Verb : (transitive) To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

Verb : (transitive, figurative) To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Verb : (transitive) To fret and wear by rubbing.

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 : (by extension) (derogatory) A rough, surly, ill-bred person; a boor.

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

Adjective : Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious.

chaos

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

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

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

chest

Noun : (anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.

Noun : The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso.

Noun : (euphemistic) A female human's breasts.

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 : The sound of such an instrument or device.

Noun : An individual ringing component of such a set.

churn

Verb : (business, of a customer) To stop using a company's product or service.

Noun : (business, uncountable) Customer attrition; the phenomenon or rate of customers leaving a company.

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

cheer

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

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

Verb : (transitive) To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up.

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

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

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.

Adjective : Primary; principal.

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

chimo

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

chunk

Noun : A large or substantial portion of something.

Noun : A part of something that has been separated; a generally squat, thick, irregular piece of something, e.g. wood or stone.

Noun : (comedy) A segment of a comedian's performance.

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 difficult, unpleasant, or tediously routine.

Verb : (US, dated) To do chores.

chine

Noun : The spine of an animal.

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

Noun : The top of a ridge.

chord

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

Noun : The string of a musical instrument.

Verb : (music) To accord; to harmonize together.

child

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

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

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.

chick

Noun : (colloquial) An attractive, young woman; or, more generally, a woman.

Noun : A young bird.

Noun : (especially) A young chicken.

chill

Adjective : (slang) Calm, relaxed, easygoing.

Adjective : (slang) "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.

Adjective : (slang) Okay, not a problem.

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

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

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

Verb : (intransitive) To speak in a high-pitched staccato.

ching

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

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

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

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 : (intransitive, colloquial) To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.

chump

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

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

Verb : (slang, transitive) To treat (someone) as a chump; to defraud or swindle (someone).

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 : The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.

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 : (informal) A parachute.

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

Verb : (transitive) To chase or hunt.

Verb : (transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.

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

churr

Noun : A low vocal sound made by some birds.

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

Noun : Alternative spelling of chirr (“insect sound”). [The trilled sound made by an insect.]

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) Penis.

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

chirr

Noun : The trilled sound made by an insect.

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

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.

Verb : (intransitive) To sing in concert.

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

chock

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

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

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.

chomp

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

Noun : The act of chomping (see below)

Verb : (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

cheep

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

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

Verb : To express in a chirping tone.

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 male given name transferred from the surname.

Noun : A surname originating as an occupation.

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

chare

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

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

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

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.

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

chark

Noun : Charcoal; coke.

Verb : To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.

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.

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

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

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 deceive; to fool; to trick.

chile

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

Noun : (US, regional) Alternative spelling of chili. [(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

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

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

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. [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 : A penis, especially one that is short and thick.

Noun : The perineum.

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

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

Noun : (slang) Jaws, lips, mouth.

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

chaps

Noun : Protective leather leggings attached at the waist.

Noun : The shaggy hair on male aoudads (barbary sheep) that extends from the throat and chest sometimes covering each leg.

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.

Noun : (US, informal) A type of soft and sticky cookie.

Adjective : Prone to chewing.

chape

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

Noun : The tip of a fox's tail.

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.

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 make friends; to socialize.

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

Noun : A snack or light hasty meal.

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

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

choco

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

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

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

chati

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

chese

chowk

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

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

Noun : (India, Pakistan) A courtyard.

chonk

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

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

Verb : Synonym of chonk up.

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 : (chiefly US) A dish made with chili peppers and other ingredients, such as beans and beef.

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 : (Trinidad and Tobago, dialect) The spring onion; the green onion; the scallion.

chara

Noun : A green alga of the genus Chara.

Noun : Shortened form of charabanc

Noun : A river in Yakutia, Russia; Russian Ча́ра (Čára)

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

Noun : A native or inhabitant of Chios.

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

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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