as in chewing
to crush or grind with the teeth
please don't gnaw on that steak bone—it's very unseemly
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chewing
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Stephen Frears’s Gothic drama is, to be fair, rather watchable — atmospheric and melancholic, with John Malkovich clearly getting a kick out of chewing any and all available scenery.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025 -
The video cuts to her lying in bed chewing the banana.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Gnawing (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gnawing%20%28on%29. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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