chomp
The act of chompingThe act of chomping (see below)
» Tom is chomping at the bit to do that.
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2 sensesThe act of chomping (see below)
(rare)A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
An IPv6 address is represented as eight hexadecimal chomps.
- the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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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