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tsika [tsi.ka.] : grub (n.) [pakal]; chat (v.)
Synonyms: matumat

Derivatives of tsika


Glosses:
grub
n. (food)1. chow, chuck, eats, grubinformal terms for a meal.
~ farethe food and drink that are regularly served or consumed.
n. (animal)2. gruba soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects.
~ larvathe immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose.
~ maggotthe larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter.
~ leatherjackettough-skinned larva of certain crane flies.
v. (possession)3. bum, cadge, grub, mooch, spongeask for and get free; be a parasite.
~ obtaincome into possession of.; "How did you obtain the visa?"
~ freeloadlive off somebody's generosity.; "This young man refuses to work and is freeloading"
v. (contact)4. grubsearch about busily.
~ look for, search, seektry to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
chat
n. (communication)1. chat, confab, confabulation, schmoose, schmoozean informal conversation.
~ conversationthe use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc..
~ causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gab, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattlelight informal conversation for social occasions.
n. (animal)2. chat, new world chatbirds having a chattering call.
~ new world warbler, wood warblersmall bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song.
~ genus icteria, icteriaNew World chats.
~ icteria virens, yellow-breasted chatAmerican warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds.
n. (animal)3. chat, old world chatsongbirds having a chattering call.
~ thrushsongbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast.
~ genus saxicola, saxicolaOld World chats.
~ saxicola torquata, stonechatcommon European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast.
~ saxicola rubetra, whinchatbrown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows.
v. (communication)4. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visittalk socially without exchanging too much information.; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
~ converse, discoursecarry on a conversation.
~ jawbone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmoozetalk idly or casually and in a friendly way.