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talk socially without exchanging too much information;
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
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talk incessantly and tiresomely
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chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth;
"He jawed his bubble gum"
"Chew your food and don't swallow it!"
"The cows were masticating the grass"
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censure severely or angrily;
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"
"The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"