the act of chewing noisily

under a curse

Having or expressing a covert or nonverbal meaning; suggestive, Statistics Of or relating to observations or occurrences that are too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicate a systematic relationship, Fitted or designed to signify or make known somethingl having a meaning; standing as a sign or token; expressive or suggestive, noun_ That which has significance; a sign; a token; a symbol

A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to group, teaching by giving a discourse on some subject (typically to a class), A berating or scolding, verb_ To berate, to scold, deliver a lecture or talk, censure severely or angrily, transitive verb_ To reprove formally and with authority, To read or deliver a lecture to, intransitive verb_ To deliver a lecture or series of lectures, To deliver a lecture to (a class or audience)