chewingとは意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

chewing

1. present participle of chew

   The goat is chewing on your shirt!

語源 2

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

名詞

chewing (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 chewings)

1. The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.
   • 2016, Jennifer Bramseth, Bourbon Springs Box Set: Volume II, Books 4-6:

     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. (drugs) The consumption of (the juice from) the khat plant.
3. (drugs) The consumption of loose leaf tobacco juice from tobacco plants by chewing leaves near the cheek.

派生語

• chewing gum