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verb (used with object)
1.
to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate.
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to crush, damage, injure, etc., as if by chewing (often followed by up): The faulty paper feeder chewed the letters up.
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to make by or as if by chewing: The puppy chewed a hole in my slipper.
4.
to meditate on; consider deliberately (often followed by over): He chewed the problem over in his mind.
verb (used without object)
5.
to perform the act of crushing or grinding with the teeth.
6.
Informal. to chew tobacco.
7.
to meditate.
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Chew the rag
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noun
Verb phrase8.
an act or instance of chewing.
9.
something chewed or intended for chewing: a chew of tobacco; taffy chews.
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Idiomchew out, Slang. to scold harshly: The sergeant chewed out the recruits.
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chew the fat, Informal. to converse at length in a relaxed manner; chat: They liked to sit around chewing the fat. Also, chew the rag.
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Word Origin & History
chew
O.E. ceowan "to bite, chew," from W.Gmc. *keuwjanan, from PIE base *gjeu- "to chew." To chew (someone) out is military slang from World War II. Chewing gum is 1850, Amer.Eng., originally hardened secretions of the spruce tree.
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chew (sth) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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