chomp
To bite or chew loudly or heavilyTo bite or chew loudly or heavily.
» Tom is chomping at the bit to do that.
Meaning
2 senses(ambitransitive)To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.
schmatzen
ча́вкатьčávkatʹ, ча́вкнутьčávknutʹ
chew noisily or vigorously
(transitive)To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
Examples
4 sentencesTom is chomping at the bit to do that.
An American alligator chomps a snowy egret at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park in Florida.
Madison Keesler clears furniture and pets from the living room, while Benjamin Freemantle chomps on a banana topped with peanut butter.
She was sitting on the sea wall, happily chomping away at her Cornish pasty, when he came sidling up to her.
deSie saß auf der Ufermauer und mampfte gerade genüsslich ihre „Cornish pasty“, da schlich er sich an sie heran.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
U.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gU.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash”).
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Forms
chomps, chomping, chomped, chompedSynonyms
1 synonyms- chew noisily or vigorously:champ
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle