chomp

[chomp]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), noun
champ, chomp.
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chomp or chump (tʃɒmp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  to chew (food) noisily; champ
 
n
2.  the act or sound of chewing in this manner
 
[variant of champ1]
 
chump or chump
 
vb
 
n
 
[variant of champ1]

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Chomp is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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Word Origin & History

chomp
c.1645, U.S. and dialectal variant of champ.
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Slang Dictionary

chomp

vi.
1. To lose; specifically, to chew on something of which more was bitten off than one can. Probably related to gnashing of teeth.
2. To bite the bag; See bagbiter.

A hand gesture commonly accompanies this. To perform it, hold the four fingers together and place the thumb against their tips. Now open and close your hand rapidly to suggest a biting action (much like what Pac-Man does in the classic video game, though this pantomime seems to predate that). The gesture alone means `chomp chomp' (see "Verb Doubling" in the "Jargon Construction" section of the Prependices). The hand may be pointed at the object of complaint, and for real emphasis you can use both hands at once. Doing this to a person is equivalent to saying "You chomper!" If you point the gesture at yourself, it is a humble but humorous admission of some failure. You might do this if someone told you that a program you had written had failed in some surprising way and you felt dumb for not having anticipated it.
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Computing Dictionary

chomp definition

jargon
To fail.
(1996-06-01)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © Denis Howe 2010 http://foldoc.org
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Example sentences
They chomp on such wads for some time before swallowing them for complete
  digestion.
Existing consumers can be relied upon to chomp chocolate and newcomers are
  getting a taste for it.
On land and in shallow water, many creatures chomp on plants.
He puts a bit of this into the hives, blocking the bees' entrance so that they
  have to chomp their way through it.
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