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Definition of munch in English: munchverb mʌn(t)ʃmən(t)ʃ [with object]Eat (something) steadily and often audibly. Russell munched his breakfast toast Example sentencesExamples - By the age of five, a child will have munched their way through £2,935 worth of food.
- Here I munched my sandwich and watched a sheep carefully and daintily nibble flowerheads off thistles.
- It becomes an addiction - you can quite happily sit there and munch your way through a whole loaf.
- Summer is the time when local fields are groaning with fresh strawberries and visitors can munch their way around the strawberry patches.
- He munched his way through 165 kernels, picking them up with a toothpick.
- I fixed lunch, we munched it quietly, and I took myself off for a half-hour of feet up time in readiness for the outing.
- All three were calmly munching the grass quite happy and at peace.
- I got rid of them while I munched my toast and drank the first of about a dozen cups of tea.
- Do any of us really feel in the mood for getting dolled up and munching our way through a three-course meal at the moment?
- We sat in the window, munching croissants and sipping scalding hot coffee, watching the world go by.
- My son had the leftovers for supper and I heard him exclaiming his delight as he munched his way through the last few bits.
- Lily made herself a sandwich for dinner and munched the remaining slice of bread.
- It's the classic tale of a caterpillar who munches his way through apples, plums, pears and strawberries, before turning into a beautiful butterfly.
- And so, as crunchy pizza was munched and enjoyed, and meal-time books read, the episode passed.
- An eight-year-old bounced up with her squash and munching a biscuit during the break.
- Just munched my way through a fantastic casserole and half a bottle of really-very-good Chilean Merlot.
- Fifteen minutes later we were sitting in the kitchen munching a late lunch and leafing through our new books.
- The best way to test a chilli for strength is to munch a bit before cooking.
- I munched the crunchy bit of seed that was left, swallowed and reached out for more.
- Spent the afternoon munching digestives, which were the low fat alternative that shatter all over the desk and your lap.
Synonyms chew, champ, chomp, masticate, crunch, scrunch, eat rare chumble, manducate, triturate
Derivatives noun I say that it's remarkable the extent to which Noel thinks of himself in class terms, but he misinterprets this - perhaps deliberately - and acts as if I have just accused him of being a secret focacia muncher. Example sentencesExamples - It was uncomplicated to prepare and surprising toothsome to a die-hard meat muncher.
- Yes, you're encouraged to yell at the driver who almost runs you down or squawk at the repeat muncher who grabs the last sample off a tray in a grocery store.
- The statistics paint a picture of munchers and snackers toiling over crumb-infested keyboards, surrounded by a sea of empty potato-chip bags and unfurled candy-bar wrappers.
- There are 3,000 red deer on the Black Mount and, as in the rest of Scotland, they must be culled regularly if they are not to cause serious environmental damage: deer, voracious munchers, strip the land bare.
Origin Late Middle English: imitative; compare with crunch. Rhymes brunch, bunch, crunch, hunch, lunch, punch, scrunch Definition of munch in US English: munchverbmən(t)ʃmən(t)SH [with object]Eat (something) with a continuous and often audible action of the jaws. he munched a chicken wing no object popcorn to munch on while watching the movie Example sentencesExamples - The best way to test a chilli for strength is to munch a bit before cooking.
- My son had the leftovers for supper and I heard him exclaiming his delight as he munched his way through the last few bits.
- And so, as crunchy pizza was munched and enjoyed, and meal-time books read, the episode passed.
- Summer is the time when local fields are groaning with fresh strawberries and visitors can munch their way around the strawberry patches.
- We sat in the window, munching croissants and sipping scalding hot coffee, watching the world go by.
- Lily made herself a sandwich for dinner and munched the remaining slice of bread.
- He munched his way through 165 kernels, picking them up with a toothpick.
- I got rid of them while I munched my toast and drank the first of about a dozen cups of tea.
- An eight-year-old bounced up with her squash and munching a biscuit during the break.
- Here I munched my sandwich and watched a sheep carefully and daintily nibble flowerheads off thistles.
- By the age of five, a child will have munched their way through £2,935 worth of food.
- Spent the afternoon munching digestives, which were the low fat alternative that shatter all over the desk and your lap.
- It's the classic tale of a caterpillar who munches his way through apples, plums, pears and strawberries, before turning into a beautiful butterfly.
- Fifteen minutes later we were sitting in the kitchen munching a late lunch and leafing through our new books.
- Do any of us really feel in the mood for getting dolled up and munching our way through a three-course meal at the moment?
- All three were calmly munching the grass quite happy and at peace.
- I fixed lunch, we munched it quietly, and I took myself off for a half-hour of feet up time in readiness for the outing.
- Just munched my way through a fantastic casserole and half a bottle of really-very-good Chilean Merlot.
- It becomes an addiction - you can quite happily sit there and munch your way through a whole loaf.
- I munched the crunchy bit of seed that was left, swallowed and reached out for more.
Synonyms chew, champ, chomp, masticate, crunch, scrunch, eat
Origin Late Middle English: imitative; compare with crunch. |