vverb.communicationtalk socially without exchanging too much informationSynset:chaffer chat chatter chew the fat chit-chat chitchat claver confab confabulate gossip jaw natter shoot the breeze visit
Examples:- the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Derivationally Related Form:chatchitchatchatterchit-chatconfabulationgossipvisitorchit chatchatterer
Hypernyms:converse discourse
Inherited Hypernyms:chew the fatconversetalkcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:jawboneschmooseschmoozeshmooseshmooze
Full Troponyms:shmooze
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat, visit) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: chat, chatter, chitchat) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: visit)
vverb.communicationtalk incessantly and tiresomelySynset:jaw rattle on yack yack away yap away
Derivationally Related Form:yack
Hypernyms:mouth speak talk utter verbalise verbalize
Inherited Hypernyms:yacktalkcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: yack away, rattle on, yack) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: yack)
vverb.consumptionchew (food); to bite and grind with the teethSynset:chew jaw manducate masticate
Examples:- He jawed his bubble gum
- Chew your food and don't swallow it!
- The cows were masticating the grass
Derivationally Related Form:masticationchewerjawchewingchew
Hypernyms:grate grind
Inherited Hypernyms:chewgratebreak upbreakchange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:champchawchompcrunchgnawgummumblemunch
Full Troponyms:champchawchompcrunchgnawmumble
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s
vverb.communicationcensure severely or angrilySynset:bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand scold take to task trounce
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:rebukerchidingreprimandscoldingrebukelecturescolder
Hypernyms:criticise criticize knock pick apart
Inherited Hypernyms:call on the carpetknockcommentnotestateexpress
Direct Hyponyms:brush downcastigatechastenchastisecorrectobjurgatetell off
Full Troponyms:chastiseflametell off
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: remonstrate, jaw, have words) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: bawl out, chew up, chew out, scold, lambast, dress down, rag, rebuke, lambaste, berate)
adjadj.allof animals having jaws of a specified typeAntonyms:jawless
Inherited Hypernyms:jawed
Similar to:long-jawed square-jawed