CHOMP

bite, chomp

(noun) the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws

chomp, champ

(verb) chew noisily; “The boy chomped his sandwich”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

U.S. regional variation of “champ” (verb)

Noun

chomp (plural chomps)

The act of chomping (see below)

Verb

chomp (third-person singular simple present chomps, present participle chomping, simple past and past participle chomped)

(intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.

(computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

Source: Wiktionary


Chomp, v. i.

Definition: To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

23 December 2024

QUANDONG

(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit


Do you know this game?

Wordscapes

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins