munch
v.
chew loudly, crunch; eat noisily
munch
Noun
1. a large bite; "he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich"
(hypernym) bite, chomp
(derivation) crunch
Verb
1. chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
(synonym) crunch
(hypernym) chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
Munched
(imp. & p. p.)
of Munch
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
munch
To transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring large amounts of computation. To trace down a data structure. Related to
crunch and nearly synonymous with
grovel, but connotes less pain.
Often confused with
mung.
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(1995-01-10)
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