Verb (used with object) : The faulty paper feeder chewed the letters up. ,The puppy chewed a hole in my slipper. ,He chewed the problem over in his mind.    From Dictionary.com. 

Ken Fisher: One point that I've been making recently is that we're in a period that I refer to as chewing the cud.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ken Fisher's Favorite Buys In Canada, China And Australia] Reference

We are nearly positive that this afternoon parent/teacher ass-chewing is going to offer us a few solutions to our disruptive kid problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Once More Into the Breach, My Friends...] Reference

They chew and swallow their food and are called chewing insects.    From Wordnik.com.  [The First Book of Farming] Reference

In the North they also have a strange custom, called chewing gum.    From Wordnik.com.  [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference

Round here Iowa its all called chewing tabacco, even if you don't actually chew it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Proper Grooming] Reference

Topps, first known as a chewing-gum manufacturer, expanded into baseball trading cards in 1951.    From Wordnik.com.  [Card Companies Take Steps] Reference

I think I have not yet alluded to this abominable practice of betel-nut chewing, which is universal among the inhabitants of the Malay.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Chersonese and the way thither] Reference

She liked it, so Adams prescribed it as a medical "chewing" gum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Churubusco, Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones] Reference

Plus, a new kind of chewing gum that only Willie Wonka would truly appreciate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 10, 2006] Reference

The wear is probably from some task activity such as chewing hides to soften them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doug Owsley on Kennewick Man] Reference

Swedish Match also said the venture may develop smokeless products such as chewing gum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smokeless Tobacco to Get Push by Venture Overseas] Reference

First of all, video games are often best enjoyed simultaneously with other manly activities such as chewing and drinking.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The top ten manliest games of all time] Reference

"What the market today seems to be kind of chewing on is that most of these sales are foreclosures and short sales," said Dan Morgan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pool Is Drained 6.8%; Standard Pacific Rises] Reference

Teething ( "chewing") lasts the first six-eight months.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

He bit a large piece out of his "chewing" and gazed around him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long Chance] Reference

And itis not the food that they were "chewing" it is food in their stomachs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

They are gregarious, and "exceeding wise" (Prov. 30: 24), and are described as chewing the cud (Lev.    From Wordnik.com.  [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference

Every moment my mouse is doing some activity such as chewing are seconds in which I am not breathing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bibliophile Stalker] Reference

Americanness, such as chewing gum, television, big cars and tea bags, all of which had captivated my father.    From Wordnik.com.  [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference

If your puppy did any other damage, such as chewing the baseboards or cabinets, you can expect to pay for that, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [BiggerPockets Forums] Reference

This led to the fixing of prices and markets for everyday products containing paraffin wax such as chewing gum, tyres and candles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal finance and money news, analysis and comment | guardian.co.uk] Reference

£75 if they are caught dropping litter such as chewing gum.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Watch where you step: tobacco-chewing season is here.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Chew With No Bite] Reference

Almost 60 percent of American households buy chewing gum.    From Wordnik.com.  [Summer Numbers To Chew On] Reference

Teeth are no longer mere food-chewing or greeting devices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Move Over, Mona Lisa] Reference

Better to practice walking one day and chewing gum the next.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Break For Memories] Reference

G. Allen (+) Tobacco-chewing son of ex-Redskins coach soaks Dems.    From Wordnik.com.  [Post-Election Edition] Reference

For most of us, mind reading comes as naturally as walking or chewing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Understanding Autism] Reference