munch

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US /ˈmʌntʃ/ UK /mʌntʃ/
noun verb Freq #12572

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a large bite

    I tried to talk between munches on the sandwich.

  2. 2
    verb

    To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.

    Jim was munching on a biscotti.

  3. 3
    verb

    To eat vigorously or with excitement.

    Watching old Bill munch his pancakes makes me hungry!

  4. 4
    noun

    A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place.

    Sally is having a breakfast munch at her place!

  5. 5
    noun

    An act of eating.

    We had a good munch at the chippy.

  6. 6
    noun

    Food.

    So once we had a shower with what only I can describe as a fitted garden hose with a broken head, ventured out to get some munch. We found a little restaurant, sat down and pretty much got told what we was ^([sic]) having.

  7. 7
    noun

    A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant, bar or pub.

    And thanks to the stunning paxie for getting it all together and creating the best munch ever in the history of munches. :)

  8. 8
    noun

    Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex.

    You thought I was feelin' you? (Nah) That nigga a munch.

Etymology

From Middle English monchen, a variant of mocchen, mucchen ("to munch (food); chew audibly"; > Modern English dialectal mouch), probably imitative in origin (compare English crunch; German mampfen).

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Thesaurus

Word family
Derived forms arsemunchassmunchbuttmunchcockmunchmunchablemunchermunchiemunchkinmunchyunmunched

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