Bat one’s gums
bat one’s gums
verb phrase
(variations: beat or hump or flap may replace bat; chops or jaw or jowls or lip may replace gums) to talk, esp idly or frivolously: he didn’t mean it—he was just batting his gums/ well, you weren’t just flapping your lip that time (wwii)
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