Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eat one's words

past participle of eat one's words

simple past tense of eat one's words

present participle of eat one's words

(idiomatic, colloquial, US) To speak idly; to talk without effect.

(idiomatic) To succeed in a deception. / (idiomatic, with on) To fool, trick, or deceive.

(idiomatic) To be patient; to wait.

(idiomatic) To demonstrate oneself to be capable; to provide a respectable performance or worthy competition; to stick up for oneself.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see turn, in, one's, grave. / (idiomatic) To be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased.

To place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, typically with the fingers spread and while simultaneously wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.