chomp

Examples

• All

• I glanced up at Mike, devouring his cookie in one swift chomp.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp of the sorrel's hooves echoed against the mud-caked wall of One-Toe's sleep space and reverberated inside his skull.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Completely ignoring Mark's pain, Frida takes a few more chomps of the burger as though she hasn't eaten in days.

  Fiction book (1999)

• He missed the chomp of helicopter rotors overhead and the wail of car alarms.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The Maestre dries his face and chomps at the towel as he visualizes, wide-eyed and duped, the taking of Ciudad Real.

  Academic text (1997)

• The children took a big chomp out of their sandwiches during lunch.

• He made a loud chomp on the chewier parts of the steak.

Synonyms

B

bite

vschomp

256 1.0

A mark left by a person, animal, or insect

focuses on vigorous chewing for eating, not general tooth actions causing wounds

C

chew

vschomp

45 1.0

The action of biting and grinding food with your teeth before swallowing

is stronger and quicker, involving more force in the jaws

C

crunch

vschomp

43 1.3

A loud, sharp sound made when you bite or step on something

emphasizes strong biting force rather than the sound or crushing alone

C

chomping

vschomp

5 5.1

Loud chewing of food using strong bites

is a single vigorous bite or chew rather than continuous noisy chewing

C

chewing

vschomp

2 1.0

Biting and grinding food in the mouth to make it soft enough to swallow

is more forceful and vigorous than this gentle food grinding

M

mastication

vschomp

• Specialized

1 7.7

Chewing food in the mouth to make it easier to swallow

is described as a vigorous act rather than a neutral biological process

How Forceful

crunch

43 1.3

chomp

6 5.3

bite

256 1.0

chew

45 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology