verb
chomp
chomp
verb
1
To bite or chew something noisily and heavily.
"The dog chomped down on its bone happily."
"He chomped through the whole burger in under a minute."
noun
1
A hard, noisy bite.
"She took a big chomp out of the apple."
How to Use Chomp
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo bite or chew loudly and forcefully.
Common pairings
chomp down on
chomp through
take a chomp
Word Forms
chomped past tense, chomps plural, chomps singular
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Etymology
An American variant of "champ" (to chew noisily), from Middle English champen.