Definition of Chomp

1. Noun. The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.

Exact synonyms: Bite
Generic synonyms: Eating, Feeding
Specialized synonyms: Munch, Nibble, Nip, Pinch
Derivative terms: Bite

2. Verb. Chew noisily. "The boy chomped his sandwich"
Exact synonyms: Champ
Generic synonyms: Chew, Jaw, Manducate, Masticate
Derivative terms: Chomping

Definition of Chomp

1. v. i. To chew loudly and greedily; to champ.

Definition of Chomp

1. Noun. The act of chomping (qualifier see below) ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To bite or munch loudly or heavily. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To chew something loudly or heavily. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chomp

1. to champ [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: champ

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chomp

choloscopy
cholothorax
choloyl
choloylglycine hydrolase
choltries
choltry
choluria
choluric
cholyl-coenzyme A
cholyl-coenzyme A synthetase
cholylglycine
cholyltaurine
chometz
chomophyte
chomophytes
chomp (current term)
chomp at the bit
chomped
chomped at the bit
chomper
chompers
chomping
chomping at the bit
chomps
chon
chondral
chondralgia
chondralloplasia
chondre
chondrectomy

Literary usage of Chomp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cooking with the Baker Street Bunchby Michael W. Paulson by Michael W. Paulson (2006)
"Then she quickly added, "And that is when it grabs your pie and chomp, chomp, chomp. ... Skunks do the chomp, chomp, chomp thingy. Good clue, Magda. ..."

2. Seraphim Trilogy Book One; What the Herald Angel Sang by Teralee E. M. Bird (2004)
"The slip itself was divested of its sauce with by a brown-and-yellow marked napkin. “Ain't much intel to go on, is it?” chomp, chomp, chomp.... swallow. ..."

3. Reading, Grade 4 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Martha Cheney, Daniel W. Palmer (2005)
"He could hear the chomp, chomp, chomp of her sharp teeth and strong jaws. Soon she had bitten through several ropes. The lion pulled free of the net. ..."

4. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"Champ, on the other hand, has its peculiar sound of chomp in ... To chomp means here to eat greedily, though it has also the ..."

5. Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases, as Used in by B. Kirkby (1898)
"chomp—Watch a chap eat an apple 'at's hard; he'll chomp, Ah'st warn'd. CHAP—-To knock or rap ; a person; a sweetheart. CHEERER—A glass of spirit and warm ..."

6. My German Prisons: The Story of My Two and a Half Years of Captivity in by Horace Gray Gilliland (1919)
"The regular chomp, chomp of an axe told us that he at any rate had discovered nothing suspicious; but of course all prospects of further sleep vanished ..."

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