Definitions by ChRiS
chava
The people who hang around on street corners, hurl abuse at passers by, smoke all the time and dress entirely in sportswear. Chavas is a term used almost expressly in the North East of England and is often used to refer to any ne'er do well who would steal your eyes if you weren't looking.
After I shouted a retort back at them, the chavas chased me up the street but they promptly collapsed in a fit of smokers' coughs.