Lexic.us

Definition of Chomp

1. Verb. Chew noisily. "The boy chomped his sandwich"

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

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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