chew-gum

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• walk and chew gum —    If you can walk and chew gum (at the same time), you are able to do more than one thing at a time.    (This expression is often used negatively to indicate incompetence)     Why did you hire that guy? He can t walk and chew gum at the same… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• walk and chew gum at the same time — walk and chew gum (at the same time) to be able to do more than one thing at a time. Officials say they have to plan for all kinds of possibilities, that they have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time …   New idioms dictionary

• walk and chew gum — (at the same time) to be able to do more than one thing at a time. Officials say they have to plan for all kinds of possibilities, that they have to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time …   New idioms dictionary

• chew — [[t]tʃu͟ː[/t]] chews, chewing, chewed 1) VERB When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow. [V n] Be certain to eat slowly and chew your food extremely well... [V at/on n] Daniel leaned… …   English dictionary

• gum — n. 1) to chew gum 2) bubble; chewing gum 3) a stick of gum * * * [gʌm] chewing gum a stick of gum bubble to chew gum …   Combinatory dictionary

• chew — chew1 [tʃu:] v [: Old English; Origin: ceowan] 1.) [I and T] to bite food several times before swallowing it ▪ This meat s so tough I can hardly chew it! chew at/on ▪ a dog chewing on a bone 2.) [I and T] to bite something continuously in order… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• chew — chew1 [ tʃu ] verb ** intransitive or transitive to use your teeth to bite food in your mouth into small pieces so that you can swallow it: High fiber foods take longer to chew. chew on: He was chewing on his meat as if he found it hard to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• chew — I UK [tʃuː] / US [tʃu] verb Word forms chew : present tense I/you/we/they chew he/she/it chews present participle chewing past tense chewed past participle chewed ** [intransitive/transitive] to use your teeth to bite food in your mouth into… …   English dictionary

• Gum ban — A gum ban is the banning of chewing gum in a certain places. In schools, it is often against the rules to chew gum, because it tends to stick to things and thus makes the furniture dirty. In Singapore, there is a country wide ban of most type of… …   Wikipedia

• gum —   Kamu (for chewing); pīlali, hū, kēpau (as on a ripe breadfruit).    ♦ Gum producing tree, lā au hū.    ♦ To chew gum, nau kamu.    ♦ To gum lehua trees for catching birds, kāpili manu, pulehua …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• chew —   Mama (without swallowing); nau, namu (with closed mouth).    ♦ To chew gum, nau kamu.    ♦ To chew the cud, ho olualua i.    ♦ Chewed food (as kava, kukui nut for medicine), māna ai …   English-Hawaiian dictionary