chewing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of chew

   “The goat is chewing on your shirt!”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act by which something is chewed on; mastication.

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