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chew on the scenery

chew on the scenery is the alternative form of chew the scenery.

Meaning of chew the scenery

Verb

chew the scenery (third-person singular simple present chews the scenery, present participle chewing the scenery, simple past and past participle chewed the scenery)

  1. (idiomatic, performing arts) To display excessive emotion or to act in an exaggerated manner while performing; to be melodramatic; to be flamboyant.
    • Near-synonym: camp it up

Forms of chew on the scenery

third-person singular presentchews on the scenery
present participlechewing on the scenery
past participlechewed on the scenery
pastchewed on the scenery

Questions about chew on the scenery

What is chew on the scenery the alternative form of?
Chew on the scenery is the alternative form of chew the scenery.

Words near chew on the scenery in the dictionary

  1. chew
  2. Chew Magna
  3. chew off
  4. chew on
  5. chew on one's nails
  6. chew on the scenery
  7. chew out
  8. chew over
  9. chew stick
  10. chew sticks
  11. Chew Stoke

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