to munch
43
2.6
- verb
- /mʌnʧ/
:
masticar
- The sauropod moves along untroubled, munching on treetops as it goes.
- munch on leaves
And the ladybug, those guys, they'll just walk around and munch whatever is in front of them.
- And the ladybug, those guys, they'll just walk around and munch whatever is in front of them.
- And now we see Molly Burke at the table, munching, just munching away on her pasta.
- It's like a self-defense mechanism that keeps the deer from munching down your crop.
- And so the rest of this week, my period and I have been munching.
Examples
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Two deer had appeared on the hillside below them, munching on the tender lower branches of the bushes.
Fiction book (1993) -
But he spends most of his time listening to weevils munching on stored grain.
Academic text (1996) -
But first, I'm just going to munch on the zucchini.
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It's happily munching away, getting its fill, not a care in the world.
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And the Guinea pigs are munching away on their food.
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But the other diners were all absorbed in their dinners, munching stolidly at fried fish.
Fiction book (1990) -
When I get home, I like to munch on some popcorn while watching TV.
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The children were happily munching on cookies after school.
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We could hear the rabbit munching on the fresh greens in the garden.
Synonyms
56
2.0
To eat small, gentle bites slowly or a little at a time
31
4.0
To bite or chew food loudly with big jaw movements
30
3.2
Bite or chew something again and again to make it smaller
28
1.8
To bite or step on something so it breaks with a loud, sharp sound
16
2.6
To eat food quickly and noisily without chewing properly
14
2.9
To eat something while chewing loudly and enjoying it
2
7.9
To chew food by biting and grinding it with the teeth
To chew food with the teeth
To eat or drink noisily over and over
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
How Noisy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Munch comes from copying the sound of chewing and is like the familiar word crunch. So to munch is 'to chew' in a steady, often noisy way.