as in chewing
to crush or grind with the teeth
she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard
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chewing
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Across multiple studies, people who chewed gum did not remember lists of words or stories better than those who didn't, the researchers also found, and any boost in attention faded soon after chewing stopped.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
10 Jan. 2026 -
And despite that famous nursery rhyme, woodchucks don’t like wood but get labeled a pest because of their hole-digging and habit of chewing on flowers and vegetable garden plants.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Biting (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biting%20%28on%29. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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