different between chud vs khud

English

Etymology 1

Compare chew, cud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??d/

Verb

chud (third-person singular simple present chuds, present participle chudding, simple past and past participle chudded)

1. (obsolete) To champ; to bite.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of A. Stafford to this entry?)

Etymology 2

From the science fiction horror movie C.H.U.D. (1984). The abbreviation in the title of aforementioned film stands for "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??d/

Noun

chud (plural chuds)

1. (US, slang) A gross, physically unappealing person, more recently used by people as an epithet for those perceived to be on the political right.
   • 2004 January 20, "Charlie, Minneapolis, MN, US", quoted in "Simpsons keep the laughs coming", BBC News.

   • 2014 July 28, Jeremy Azevedo, "Actually, Comic-Con Is Fucking Awesome", Vice.

Etymology 3

From ch- +? could, from ich + could.

Contraction

chud

1. (West Country, obsolete) I could

English

Alternative forms

• khad

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (kha??).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?d/

Noun

khud (plural khuds)

1. (India) A ravine; a steep cleft in a hillside.
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Education of Otis Yeere’, Under the Deodars, Folio Society 2005, p. 8:

     We are only little bits of dirt on the hillsides – here one day and blown down the khud the next.