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chewing¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English chewynge, chewand, from Old English *ċēowende, from Proto-Germanic *kewwandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (“to chew”), equivalent to chew + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of chew The goat is chewing on your shirt!

chewing²

Where it comes from

From Middle English chewyng, chewynge, from Old English ċīwung, ċȳwung, ċēowung (“chewing”), equivalent to chew + -ing.

noun chewings

  1. countable, uncountable The act by which something is chewed on; mastication. And while the dog and the cat buses suffered considerable damage from the trapped animals' excretions, clawings, and chewings, the bus with the skunk was declared unsalvageable.
  2. countable, uncountable The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
  3. countable, uncountable The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mastication, cud, biting, gum, betel, munching, gnawing, chomping, grinding, masticating, ruminating, champing, manducation, manducating, nibbling, crunching

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"chewing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chewing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

chewing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chewing

Chicago

"chewing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chewing.

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@misc{chewing_2026,
  title = {chewing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chewing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}