chomp

chomp

 (chŏmp)

v. chomped, chomp·ing, chomps

v.tr.

To chew or bite on noisily: a horse chomping oats.

v.intr.

To chew or bite on something repeatedly: chomping on a cigar.

n.

The act or an instance of vigorous biting: "He finished the last of his sandwich with a single chomp" (Anne Tyler).

Idiom:

chomp at the bit

To show impatience at being held back or delayed.

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[Variant of champ.]

Usage Note: Historically, to bite down with the teeth was to champ, not to chomp, and someone who was impatient at being held back was said to champ at the bit rather than to chomp at the bit. The version of this idiom using the variant chomp first became popular in the mid-1900s and is now the more common form, but both were rated as broadly acceptable in our 2015 Usage Panel ballot, with 70 percent of the Panel accepting the form with champ and 77 percent accepting the form with chomp.

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chomp

(tʃɒmp) or

chump

vb

to chew (food) noisily; champ

n

the act or sound of chewing in this manner

[variant of champ¹]

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champ¹

(tʃæmp, tʃɒmp)

also chomp

v., v.t.

1. to bite upon or grind, esp. impatiently: The horses champed the oats.

2. to crush with the teeth and chew vigorously or noisily; munch.

3. to mash; crush.

v.i.

4. to make vigorous chewing or biting movements with the jaws and teeth.

[1520–30; perhaps imitative]

champ²

(tʃæmp)

n.

Informal. a champion.

[1865–70; by shortening]

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chomp

Past participle: chomped
Gerund: chomping

Imperative

chomp

chomp

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	chomp - the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws bite eating, feeding - the act of consuming food munch - a large bite; "he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich" nibble - gentle biting pinch - a small sharp bite or snip
Verb	1.	chomp - chew noisily; "The boy chomped his sandwich" champ chew, manducate, masticate, jaw - chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"

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chomp

verb

1. To bite and grind with the teeth:

champ, chew, chump, crump, crunch, masticate, munch.

Regional: chaw.

2. To seize, as food, with the teeth:

bite, champ, gnash, gnaw.

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Translations

masticare

chomp

[tʃɒmp]

A. VT → mascar

B. VI → mascar
see also bit ²

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chomp

[ˈtʃɒmp]

vi (= munch) → mâcher bruyamment
to chomp on sth → mâcher qch

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chomp

vt → laut mahlen; (person) → mampfen (inf)

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chomp

[tʃɒmp] vi & vt (fam) → masticare rumorosamente

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