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chomp

[ chomp ]

verb (used with or without object)



chomp

/ tʃɒmp /

verb

  1. to chew (food) noisily; champ
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or sound of chewing in this manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of chomp1

variant of champ 1
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Example Sentences

You wouldn't recognise him now but millions around the world have watched him, as a baby, chomping on his big brother's digits.

From BBC

“I’ve been chomping at the bit to get the opportunity to be able to lead and show who I am as a player on a different scale,” Plum said.

There is, of course, some suspicious, terrifying revelation promised that will surely result in lots of screaming and chomping.

From Salon

Now they are poised to chomp off parts of the country’s center.

When I wrote “Bad Mormon,” I needed to trim it down, so I was just chomping at the bit to write a second one.

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