to chomp
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4.0
- verb
- /tʃɑmp/
:
masticar
- Donald lies on the floor, chomping a hoagie and reading a copy of Story by Robert McKee.
There's little, there's little ones that have teeth with big heads that want to chomp your throat.
- There's little, there's little ones that have teeth with big heads that want to chomp your throat.
- Your, your teeth and your capacity to take in foodstuffs and, you know, chomp on it, bite it, chew it up.
- Rotten fish got to sat in the sun for a week to in doubt you'll you saw the where I ate the I chomped down on the eyeball of the Mahi Mahi.
Examples
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The giant panda, now vanished, chomped its way through the bamboo stands.
Academic text (1991) -
The dog eagerly chomped on the bone, enjoying every moment.
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Don't chomp on it yourself.
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"Human bones are showing up, and there they are busy chomping away at the site."
Academic text (2007) -
Suddenly, it raised its lips and chomped down on the beans.
Fiction book (1995) -
Grant just watches as it opens its mouth very wide and chomps down on a branch over their heads.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then he scooped half of it into his mouth and chomped vigorously while talking.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Babyzilla continues to chomp on its fish as it nears Audrey.
Fiction book (1998) -
He chomped loudly on his sandwich during lunch, making everyone laugh.
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As the children munched their snacks, you could hear them chomp on the crunchy chips.
Synonyms
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1.0
Put food or drink into your mouth, chew it and swallow it
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1.0
To bite and grind food with your teeth to make it soft enough to swallow
30
3.2
Bite or chew something again and again to make it smaller
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8.0
To eat food quickly and eagerly
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3.0
To eat something quickly and eagerly
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2.6
To eat food quickly and noisily without chewing properly
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2.9
To eat something while chewing loudly and enjoying it
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2.9
To eat food quickly because you are very hungry
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7.9
To chew loudly to show impatience or eagerness
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5.8
Eat food very quickly when you are very hungry
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4.4
To eat food very quickly without chewing properly
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7.9
To chew food by biting and grinding it with the teeth
To chew food with the teeth
To eat something quickly and enjoy it
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chomp is a sound word that copies the heavy noise of 'biting' or strong chewing. Think of chew — chomp is a noisy, forceful kind of chewing, so it means to chew with loud, powerful jaw movements.