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chomp - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To chew or bite on noisily.
- intransitive verb To chew or bite on something repeatedly.
- noun The act or an instance of vigorous biting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal variant of
champ .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S. To chew loudly and greedily; to champ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
chomping (see below) - verb intransitive To
bite ormunch loudly or heavily. - verb transitive To
chew something loudly or heavily.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb chew noisily
- noun the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Variant of champ.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
U.S. regional variation of “champ” (verb)
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Examples
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* chomp chomp chomp** tear** rip slowly** chomp chomp** rip slower** pause** gauge pain*
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* chomp** rip gently** rip more gently** chomp at far end** rip some more** chomp chomp** make c ...
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Basically, the word chomp was derived from the word champ, which means "to bite or chew loudly."
LewRockwell.com 2010
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Husbands told me about wives who "chomp" their gum or park the car crooked in the driveway, and wives griped about husbands who leave newspapers on the floor, refuse to put coasters under their drinks or walk around the house naked.
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But it feels like the boobies have been well and fully chomped to bits - not mention dragged over pavement - so I'm going with 'chomp' as my descriptive verb of choice.
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But it feels like the boobies have been well and fully chomped to bits - not mention dragged over pavement - so I'm going with 'chomp' as my descriptive verb of choice.
Archive 2008-06-01 2008
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The "chomp" I can understand, but the "crunch" indicates Wolverine also eats the bones.
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The jury's still out on "chomp" (chomp: hot or not?); "gimp" and
NOGOODFORME.COM 2009
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Were I starving and without the means to start a fire, I would of course throw a line in the lake and chomp down the result of my fishing.
Good Places to Eat 2009
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Add fries and a Coke and you're talking chomp, but only for a limited time.
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