Chew and Speak

Chew

Chew verb - To crush or grind with the teeth.
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Synonyms for Chew

Speak and chew are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Speak" with "Chew", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: chewed, chewing, chewy

Speak

Speak verb - To express (a thought or emotion) in words.

Chew and speak are semantically related in talk topic. Sometimes you can use "Chew" instead a verb "Speak".

Nearby Words: speaker, speaking

Common collocations

time chew time speak time
way chew way speak way
bit chew bit speak bit
little chew little speak little
Other words: times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Macarena Of The Missing had Dick Fallout speak only in Catchphrases, where one was that "it's time to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of ass".
  • Film / Die Hard with a Vengeance A henchman pretending to be a foreman also angrily starts to chew out Otto after that guy shoots Walsh, only for one of the "cop" henchmen to inform him that Otto doesn't speak English.
  • Literature / The Last Chancers Kage muses that all commissars seem to have voices like that, and jokingly wonders if they train them to speak that way by making them chew razor blades.
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