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munch

  [muhnch]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
–verb (used without object)
2. to chew steadily or vigorously, often audibly.
–noun
3. Informal. a snack.
—Verb phrase
4. munch out, Slang. to snack esp. extensively or frequently.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME monchen, var. of mocchen; imit.

Related forms:
muncher, noun

Munch

  [moongk]
–noun
Ed⋅vard  [ed-vahrd] , 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.

Münch

  [mynsh]
–noun
Charles, 1891–1968, French conductor in the U.S.
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munch   (mŭnch)   
v.   munched, munch·ing, munch·es

v.   intr.

  1. To chew food audibly or with a steady working of the jaws.

  2. To eat with pleasure.

v.   tr.
To chew or eat (food) audibly or with pleasure.

[Middle English monchen.]
munch'er n.
Munch   (mŏŏngk)   
Norwegian artist whose works include etchings, lithographs, and paintings, such as The Scream (1893) and Frieze of Life (1897).
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Word Origin & History

munch  (v.)
c.1374, mocchen, imitative (cf. crunch), or perhaps from O.Fr. mangier, from L. manducare "to chew." Munchies "food or snack" is first attested 1959; sense of "craving for food after smoking marijuana" is first attested 1971.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Computing Dictionary

munch
To transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring large amounts of computation. To trace down a data structure. Related to crunch and nearly synonymous with grovel, but connotes less pain.
Often confused with mung.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-01-10)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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