Antonyms for chew the fat
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : choo |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃu |
Definition of chew the fat
Origin :- Old English ceowan "to bite, gnaw, chew," from West Germanic *keuwwan (cf. Middle Low German keuwen, Dutch kauwen, Old High German kiuwan, German kauen), from PIE root *gyeu- "to chew" (cf. Old Church Slavonic živo "to chew," Lithuanian žiaunos "jaws," Persian javidan "to chew").
- Figurative sense of "to think over" is from late 14c.; to chew the rag "discusss some matter" is from 1885, apparently originally British army slang. Related: Chewed; chewing. To chew (someone) out (1948) probably is military slang from World War II. Chewing gum is by 1843, American English, originally hardened secretions of the spruce tree.
- As in shoot the breeze : verb chat, converse
- As in chew the cud : verb to ruminate
- As in chat : verb talk, gossip
- As in converse : verb talk
- As in debate : verb argue, discuss
Synonyms for chew the fat
- agitate
- altercate
- answer
- babble
- bandy
- bicker
- blab
- BS
- bump heads
- burble
- cackle
- canvass
- chat
- chatter
- chew the fat
- chew the rag
- chitchat
- cogitate
- commune
- confab
- confer
- confute
- consider
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- converse
- cross swords
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- differ
- digest
- discept
- discourse
- disprove
- dispute
- exchange
- gab
- go on
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have at it
- jaw
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- meditate
- moot
- mull something over
- muse
- oppose
- palaver
- parley
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- ponder over
- prate
- prattle
- prove
- put up argument
- question
- rap
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- ruminate
- run off at the mouth
- run on
- schmooze
- set to
- shoot the breeze
- shoot the bull
- speak
- talk back
- talk game
- think about
- think over
- thrash out
- toss around
- use
- wrangle
- yack
- yak
- yap
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