chew

Definition

  • verb: to use your teeth to cut food into small pieces before you swallow it
  • verb: to crush, grind, or gnaw (as food) with or as if with the teeth
  • often + 'on'
  • synonyms: masticate, ruminate, meditate

Examples

  • They would sit for hours and 'chew the fat'. [='chat, shoot the breeze']

  • I really 'bit off more than I could chew' when I took on this project.

  • We were taught to 'chew' our food thoroughly before swallowing.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I got to piss. Look, I'm not a fucking idiot, all right? It's the big man's wife. I'm gonna sit across from her... chew my food with my mouth closed... laugh at her fucking jokes, and that's it. Hey, my name's Paul, and this shit's between y'all. (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction
  • (..) I'll bet if there was some pussy up there on top of that obstacle, you could get up there. -Couldn't you?. -Sir, yes, sir. Your ass looks like about pounds of chewed bubble gum. Do you know that?. Sir, yes, sir. One for the commandant. One for the Corps. Get up there. Pull. (..)
    1987 Full Metal Jacket
  • (..) You know why we hate dogs? Because we wanna be dogs, we have dog complexes. But... But what are dogs do? Slubber, sleep, chase tails, chew shoes. You don't exactly need a master's degree. You know, most dogs living in a place like this. And uhm... Well, I don't know, (..)
    2008 Bolt