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munch

   [muhnch]
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.

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noun
3.
Informal. a snack.
Verb phrase
4.
munch out, Slang. to snack especially extensively or frequently.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English monchen, variant of mocchen; imitative

Related forms
munch·er, noun
un·munched, adjective
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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 (mʌntʃ)
 
—vb
to chew (food) steadily, esp with a crunching noise
 
[C14 monche, of imitative origin; compare crunch]
 
'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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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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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)

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