munch
Use Munch in a sentence
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
Verb phrases 3.
Informal. a snack.
4.
munch out, Slang. to snack especially extensively or frequently.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English monchen, variant of mocchen; imitative
1375–1425; late Middle English monchen, variant of mocchen; imitative
Related forms
munch·er, noun
un·munched, adjective
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munch (mʌntʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| to chew (food) steadily, esp with a crunching noise | |
| [C14 monche, of imitative origin; compare | |
| 'muncher | |
| —n | |
| Munch (mʊŋk) | |
| —n | |
| Edvard (ˈɛdvard). 1863--1944, Norwegian painter and engraver, whose works, often on the theme of death, include The Scream (1893); a major influence on the expressionists, esp on die Brücke | |
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Word Origin & History
munch
late 14c., mocchen, imitative (cf. crunch), or perhaps from O.Fr. mangier, from L. manducare "to chew." Related: Munched; munching. Munchies "food or snack" is first attested 1959; sense of "craving for food after smoking marijuana" is first attested 1971.
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Computing Dictionary
munch definition
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.
[Jargon File]
(1995-01-10)
Example sentences
More crunch than munch, the males' abdomens are hollow.
Visitors never seemed to tire of watching the pudgy couple munch bamboo.
Or looking at your appendix and deciding, that you are designed to munch or tough tree-leafs.
Human babies gum and grope for things munch on to soothe the pain.
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