Anagrams of CHOTA_

• Cousin (usually as a term of address)

• Because

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• subject to a playful hoax or joke

• a small portable timepiece

• a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

• a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

• the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

• look attentively

• follow with the eyes or the mind

• see or watch

• observe with attention

• be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful

• observe or determine by looking

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

• the production of young from an egg

• shading consisting of multiple crossing lines

• a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open

• a movable barrier covering a hatchway

• emerge from the eggs

• devise or invent

• inlay with narrow strips or lines of a different substance such as gold or silver, for the purpose of decorating

• draw, cut, or engrave lines, usually parallel, on metal, wood, or paper

• sit on (eggs)

• one who works hard at boring tasks

• a politician who belongs to a small clique that controls a political party for private rather than public ends

• a mediocre and disdained writer

• a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil

• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

• an old or over-worked horse

• a horse kept for hire

• a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc.

• cut with a hacking tool

• be able to manage or manage successfully

• cut away

• kick on the arms

• kick on the shins

• fix a computer program piecemeal until it works

• significantly cut up a manuscript

• cough spasmodically

• an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

• travel in a yacht

• violent and needless disturbance

• any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

• tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

• leave as a guarantee in return for money

• disable by cutting the hock