Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense munches, present participle munching, past tense, past participle munched
verb
If you munch food, you eat it by chewing it slowly, thoroughly, and rather noisily.
Luke munched the chicken sandwiches. [VERB noun]
Across the table, his son Benjie munched appreciatively. [VERB]
Sheep were munching their way through a yellow carpet of leaves. [V + way through]
[Also V + away at/on]
Synonyms: chew, champ, crunch, chomp More Synonyms of munch
munch in British English
(mʌntʃ)
verb
to chew (food) steadily, esp with a crunching noise
Derived forms
muncher (ˈmuncher)
noun
Word origin
C14 monche, of imitative origin; compare crunch
Munch in British English
(mʊŋk)
noun
Edvard (ˈɛdvard). 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and engraver, whose works, often on the theme of death, include The Scream (1893); a major influence on the expressionists, esp on die Brücke
Munch in American English
(mʊŋk)
ˈEdˌvard (ˈɛdˌvɑʀt) 1863-1944; Norw. painter
munch in American English
(mʌntʃ)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1.
to chew steadily, often with a crunching sound
2.
to eat with enjoyment
Derived forms
muncher (ˈmuncher)
noun
Word origin
ME monchen, prob. echoic alteration of mangen, to feast < OFr manger < L manducare: see manger
Examples of 'munch' in a sentence
munch
Today he's happily munching a cheese sandwich and talking about wild swimming.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Just buy a sandwich and munch away at your desk.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He chose teams by munching morsels of food under their flags.
The Sun (2014)
You can feel it munching away at your flesh.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Staff denied reports he was munching away at their tomato crop.
The Sun (2008)
Chop up apple and carrot and let them munch away.
The Sun (2014)
Now munching away on my algae with my fish and the other two that snails in my tank.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It placed its huge snout in my hand and took out the offering before heading off to munch away.
The Sun (2013)
Holding a conversation over the phone while checking e-mails and munching on a sandwich comes naturally to most office workers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
If they see a parked motorist munching a sandwich, they have been known to knock on the window and demand a bite.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We walked 10 minutes to where the cyclists were passing, munching our sandwiches.
The Sun (2014)
A number of them took him up and the following morning there were 100 head of cattle munching away at the turf.
The Sun (2009)
In other languages
munch
British English: munch VERB
If you munch food, you eat it by chewing it slowly, thoroughly, and rather noisily.
They munched the sandwiches.
His son munched appreciatively.
American English: munch
Brazilian Portuguese: mastigar lenta e ruidosamente
Chinese: 大声咀嚼
European Spanish: masticar ruidosamente
French: mastiquer
German: mampfen
Italian: sgranocchiare
Japanese: むしゃむしゃ食べる
Korean: 우적우적 먹다
European Portuguese: mastigar lenta e ruidosamente
Latin American Spanish: masticar ruidosamente
Chinese translation of 'munch'
munch
(mʌntʃ)
vt
大嚼 (dàjiáo)
vi
出声(聲)咀嚼 (chūshēng jǔjué)
(verb)
Definition
to chew noisily and steadily
Sheep were munching their way through a yellow carpet of leaves.
Synonyms
chew
Be careful to eat slowly and chew your food well.
champ
crunch
She sucked an ice cube and crunched it loudly.
chomp
scrunch
scrunching her white cotton gloves into a ball
masticate
Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of crunch
Definition
to bite or chew with a noisy crushing sound
She sucked an ice cube and crunched it loudly.
Synonyms
chomp,
champ,
munch,
masticate,
chew noisily,
grind
in the sense of masticate
Definition
to chew food
Her mouth was working, as if she was masticating some tasty titbit.
Synonyms
chew,
eat,
champ,
crunch,
munch
in the sense of scrunch
Definition
to press or crush noisily or be pressed or crushed noisily