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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
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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.
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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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