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v. chomped, chomp·ing, chomps v. tr. To chew or bite on noisily: a horse chomping oats. See Synonyms at bite. v. intr. To chew or bite on something repeatedly: chomping on a cigar. n. The act or an instance of vigorous biting: "He finished the last of his sandwich with a single chomp" (Anne Tyler). [Variant of champ1.] |
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chomp
c.1645, U.S. and dialectal variant of champ.
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| chomp | |
noun | |
| 1. | the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws [syn: bite] |
verb | |
| 1. | chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich" |
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chomp jargon
To fail.
(1996-06-01)
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Chomp
Chomp\, v. i. To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] --Halliwell.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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