Definition of chav in English:

chav

noun tʃav

British derogatory, informal

A young lower-class person typified by brash and loutish behaviour.
〈英，非正式，贬〉傻帽，浅薄小子（身处社会底层的年轻人，典型特征是举止粗笨，身着名牌或仿名牌服装）
Example sentencesExamples
- Yesterday the chavs were debating age differences in relationships.
- Similarly, I can't spot who are the chavs and who aren't.
- He is England's most exciting young footballing talent, a teenage multi-millionaire… and a chav.
- If I ever mention pikies, or chavs, it's simply as a white, working class kid from a council estate writing about other white, working class kids on the same council estate.
- Then I spot a group of five or six real chavs in hooded tops and trackie bottoms sitting on a wall by a bus stop.
- You turn slowly to face a schoolyard packed with chavs in baseball caps and tracksuits, the uniform for our times.
- What are the chavs of today going to look back on with fond memories?
- Beyond proving that British chavs lead the world in teenage debauchery there are other interesting statistical snippets.
- So with brain power that isn't far behind that of the local chavs they wreak havoc in the village street and it's the chavs that get the blame.
- Has nobody else worked out that you simply can't go around letting these chavs get their hands on cocaine without expecting a giant leap in the number of dead common assaults?
- ‘We loved Sophie McGill on the subject of chavs,’ he writes.
- This precinct of shops is habitually used by a bunch of local chavs to hang out, harass people going to said shops, smoke, drink and be generally chav-ish.
- The old bill are very interested in these two chavs, because they've been very active recently, nicking stuff from all and sundry, but they've got no hard evidence on which they can get a warrant to search their house.
- Not only are we under constant threat from terrorists, asylum cheats and bogus chavs, honest citizens are now being oppressed by tops with hoods on them.
- I have to say, the chavs round here are still wearing shellsuits, and leggings with white stilettos.
- I would say it was fairly classless - I encountered posh people and the chavviest of chavs, and everything in between.
- Having a moan has become fashionable, whether it's about grammar, chavs or cheap furniture.
- The anti-social behaviour of male chavs seems to reflect their realisation that they are an underclass, not really needed any more, except when young for unskilled manual jobs.
- Yet a belief in copycat behaviour goes hand in hand with a low opinion of proletarian chavs, seeing a thug lurking under every baseball cap.
- Mullets, bad wigs and chavs have all been outed.

Derivatives

chavvy

adjective

British

derogatory, informal

I'd run completely out of petrol so an essential trip to the local chavvy garage was in order.
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd rather die than wear a chavvy baseball cap.
- Now imagine some chavvy little git walks up and slaps you across the face, all the while being filmed by his reprobate chum on his new camera phone.
- "England is very thuggish and chavvy now."
- The chavvy kids hated this and made fun of it from the opening scene.

Origin

1990s: probably from Romany chavo 'boy, youth' or chavvy 'baby, child': sometimes said to have originated in Chatham, Kent, and to be a shortening of that name.

Baseball cap, fake designer sportswear, cheap jewellery—that is the uniform of the chav, a loutish, obnoxious youth who barged his way into the British consciousness in 2004. Popularized by websites and the tabloid press, the term caught on quickly, and soon women and older people too were being described as chavs. New words appear all the time, but chav caused great excitement to word scholars when it came on the scene. It seems to have been popular around Chatham in Kent during the late 1990s, and some people think that it is an abbreviation of the town's name, while others suggest it comes from the initial letters of ‘Council House And Violent’. The most plausible suggestion is that it is from the Romany word chavi or chavo, ‘boy, youth’. The related dialect word chavvy ‘boy, child’ was used in the 19th century and is still occasionally in use. The northeast variant of chav, charver, has been around since at least the 1960s, and chav can mean ‘mate, pal’ in Scots dialect. Chav was probably knocking around as an underground expression for a long time before it was taken up as a new way of insulting people.

词汇	chav
释义	Definition of chav in English: chav noun tʃav British derogatory, informal A young lower-class person typified by brash and loutish behaviour. 〈英，非正式，贬〉傻帽，浅薄小子（身处社会底层的年轻人，典型特征是举止粗笨，身着名牌或仿名牌服装） Example sentencesExamples Yesterday the chavs were debating age differences in relationships. Similarly, I can't spot who are the chavs and who aren't. He is England's most exciting young footballing talent, a teenage multi-millionaire… and a chav. If I ever mention pikies, or chavs, it's simply as a white, working class kid from a council estate writing about other white, working class kids on the same council estate. Then I spot a group of five or six real chavs in hooded tops and trackie bottoms sitting on a wall by a bus stop. You turn slowly to face a schoolyard packed with chavs in baseball caps and tracksuits, the uniform for our times. What are the chavs of today going to look back on with fond memories? Beyond proving that British chavs lead the world in teenage debauchery there are other interesting statistical snippets. So with brain power that isn't far behind that of the local chavs they wreak havoc in the village street and it's the chavs that get the blame. Has nobody else worked out that you simply can't go around letting these chavs get their hands on cocaine without expecting a giant leap in the number of dead common assaults? ‘We loved Sophie McGill on the subject of chavs,’ he writes. This precinct of shops is habitually used by a bunch of local chavs to hang out, harass people going to said shops, smoke, drink and be generally chav-ish. The old bill are very interested in these two chavs, because they've been very active recently, nicking stuff from all and sundry, but they've got no hard evidence on which they can get a warrant to search their house. Not only are we under constant threat from terrorists, asylum cheats and bogus chavs, honest citizens are now being oppressed by tops with hoods on them. I have to say, the chavs round here are still wearing shellsuits, and leggings with white stilettos. I would say it was fairly classless - I encountered posh people and the chavviest of chavs, and everything in between. Having a moan has become fashionable, whether it's about grammar, chavs or cheap furniture. The anti-social behaviour of male chavs seems to reflect their realisation that they are an underclass, not really needed any more, except when young for unskilled manual jobs. Yet a belief in copycat behaviour goes hand in hand with a low opinion of proletarian chavs, seeing a thug lurking under every baseball cap. Mullets, bad wigs and chavs have all been outed. Derivatives chavvy adjective British derogatory, informal I'd run completely out of petrol so an essential trip to the local chavvy garage was in order. Example sentencesExamples I'd rather die than wear a chavvy baseball cap. Now imagine some chavvy little git walks up and slaps you across the face, all the while being filmed by his reprobate chum on his new camera phone. "England is very thuggish and chavvy now." The chavvy kids hated this and made fun of it from the opening scene. Origin 1990s: probably from Romany chavo 'boy, youth' or chavvy 'baby, child': sometimes said to have originated in Chatham, Kent, and to be a shortening of that name. Baseball cap, fake designer sportswear, cheap jewellery—that is the uniform of the chav, a loutish, obnoxious youth who barged his way into the British consciousness in 2004. Popularized by websites and the tabloid press, the term caught on quickly, and soon women and older people too were being described as chavs. New words appear all the time, but chav caused great excitement to word scholars when it came on the scene. It seems to have been popular around Chatham in Kent during the late 1990s, and some people think that it is an abbreviation of the town's name, while others suggest it comes from the initial letters of ‘Council House And Violent’. The most plausible suggestion is that it is from the Romany word chavi or chavo, ‘boy, youth’. The related dialect word chavvy ‘boy, child’ was used in the 19th century and is still occasionally in use. The northeast variant of chav, charver, has been around since at least the 1960s, and chav can mean ‘mate, pal’ in Scots dialect. Chav was probably knocking around as an underground expression for a long time before it was taken up as a new way of insulting people.
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