chumblev.

Forms: Also 1800s chamble, chimble.

Etymology: compare chump v., champ v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchumble.

Originally and chiefly dialect.

a. To gnaw, nibble, peck.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > nibble or gnaw

gnawa1382

bitec1386

knabble1580

nibble1582

nib1585

knapple1611

nab1630

moup1710

chumble1821

naggle1824

peck1824

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > nibble or gnaw

gnawa1000

bitec1250

nibblea1500

knabble1580

knepa1642

knuba1652

nab1653

chumble1821

natter1862

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 94 Hips and haws..That chumbled lie about their hole.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 202 The little chumbling mouse Gnarls the dead leaves for her house.

1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Dunna put the canary so much sid to chamble an' flirt about.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) ‘Woon't 'e chimble a wa'nut?’ ‘The rots 'a bin chimblin' the hee.’

1889 Mod. Northampton Dial. I saw a rat sitting chimbling rushes by the side of the brook.

1940 L. A. G. Strong Sun on Water 89 He washed them [sc. false teeth] carefully in a second pool, put them in his mouth, and chumbled with satisfaction at the harsh, clean taste of the salt water.

1941 Mind 50 232 I can hear the sound of moths chumbling the clothes in that chest.

1961 Sunday Times 30 July 9/6 She was chumbling cake, but eased off to say to her daughter, through it, ‘Squiffed, en 'e?’

b. figurative. (Cf. chew v. 3.)

ΚΠ

1922 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 386 Lack of sleep hurts when it is due to brain-weariness, or to a man's chumbling his miseries and regrets over and over.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	chumble
释义	chumblev. Forms: Also 1800s chamble, chimble. Etymology: compare chump v., champ v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchumble. Originally and chiefly dialect. a. To gnaw, nibble, peck. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > nibble or gnaw gnawa1382 bitec1386 knabble1580 nibble1582 nib1585 knapple1611 nab1630 moup1710 chumble1821 naggle1824 peck1824 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > nibble or gnaw gnawa1000 bitec1250 nibblea1500 knabble1580 knepa1642 knuba1652 nab1653 chumble1821 natter1862 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 94 Hips and haws..That chumbled lie about their hole. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 202 The little chumbling mouse Gnarls the dead leaves for her house. 1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. Dunna put the canary so much sid to chamble an' flirt about. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) (at cited word) ‘Woon't 'e chimble a wa'nut?’ ‘The rots 'a bin chimblin' the hee.’ 1889 Mod. Northampton Dial. I saw a rat sitting chimbling rushes by the side of the brook. 1940 L. A. G. Strong Sun on Water 89 He washed them [sc. false teeth] carefully in a second pool, put them in his mouth, and chumbled with satisfaction at the harsh, clean taste of the salt water. 1941 Mind 50 232 I can hear the sound of moths chumbling the clothes in that chest. 1961 Sunday Times 30 July 9/6 She was chumbling cake, but eased off to say to her daughter, through it, ‘Squiffed, en 'e?’ b. figurative. (Cf. chew v. 3.) ΚΠ 1922 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 386 Lack of sleep hurts when it is due to brain-weariness, or to a man's chumbling his miseries and regrets over and over. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < v.1821
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