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chud

CHUD/t͡ʃʌd/

Pluralchuds

7 meanings of chud

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  1. 1
    nounslangderogatorycountable
    A rude word for a person you think is stupid, annoying or a loser, whatever their looks or politics.

    Some chud kept kicking the back of my seat during the whole movie.

    Only a total chud leaves his shopping cart in the middle of the parking lot.

    Similarloser

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  2. 2
    underground monsternouncountable
    In science fiction, a creature shaped like a person that lives underground and eats people.

    In the movie, a chud crawls out of the sewer and grabs a man.

    The kids played a video game about fighting chuds in old subway tunnels.

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  3. 3
    backward viewsnounderogatoryUScountable
    A rude name for someone, usually a man, seen as holding backward views about politics and society.

    Some chud online keeps posting that women belong in the kitchen.

    She stopped dating him after hearing his views on women's rights and deciding he was a total chud.

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  4. 4
    ugly personnounslangUScountable
    A person who looks dirty, ugly, or gross.

    Some chud on the train was eating with his mouth wide open.

    Stop picking your nose, you look like a chud.

    Similarslob

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  5. 5
    chewing gumnounslangUKNew Zealanduncountable
    Gum that you chew.

    Can I have a piece of your chud? Mine's lost its flavor.

    There's old chud stuck under every desk in this classroom.

    UsageSay a piece of chud, like gum.

    Similargum

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Less common meanings

  1. 6
    verbobsolete
    To bite down on something, the way a horse bites the metal bar in its mouth.
    the horse chuds his bit ſo chearfully
    1611, Anthony Stafford, Staffords NiobeHere, chuds means bites or champs, the way a horse bites its bit.
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  2. 7
    contractionobsoleteWest Countrycontraction
    An old West Country way of saying “I could” or “I would”.
    Good Gentleman goe your gate, and let poore / volke paſſe: an ’chud ha’ bin zwaggered out of my life, / ’twould not ha’ bin zo long as ’tis by a vortnight.
    c. 1603, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”Here, chud means I could or I would, said in an old country way.
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Origins

Meanings 5–6

No one is sure where it comes from, but it may be linked to chew and cud.

Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 1 fact

Meanings 1–4

From the 1984 horror film C.H.U.D., about monsters called Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers. Its use as an insult is recorded by 2001.

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Meaning 7

Made by joining ch- (from ich) and could.

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