munch

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈmʌntʃ/ UK /mʌntʃ/ See IPA manual

Freq #12572

Meanings

1

verb
To eat something steadily, often noisily, with the mouth closed.

She sat munching an apple while she read her book.
2

noun
An act of eating, especially a snack (informal).

We stopped for a quick munch before the film started.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Word family

Forms munchedmunchesmunching

Derived forms arsemunchassmunchbuttmunchcockmunchmunchablemunchermunchiemunchkinmunchyunmunched

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).

monchen Middle English

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# munch

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈmʌntʃ/
**IPA (UK):** /mʌntʃ/
**Frequency rank:** 12572

## Meanings
1. To eat something steadily, often noisily, with the mouth closed.
2. An act of eating, especially a snack (informal).

## Examples
- She sat munching an apple while she read her book.
- We stopped for a quick munch before the film started.

## Derived Forms
- arsemunch
- assmunch
- buttmunch
- cockmunch
- munchable
- muncher
- munchie
- munchkin
- munchy
- unmunched

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: monchen

## 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).

## AI Etymology
Munch is 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). In present-day use, it can mean to eat something steadily, often noisily, with the mouth closed, or an act of eating, especially a snack (informal). Derived formations include arsemunch, assmunch, buttmunch, cockmunch, and munchable.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Register & Style

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