munch
verb /mʌntʃ/
/mʌntʃ/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they munch | /mʌntʃ/ /mʌntʃ/ |
| he / she / it munches | /ˈmʌntʃɪz/ /ˈmʌntʃɪz/ |
| past simple munched | /mʌntʃt/ /mʌntʃt/ |
| past participle munched | /mʌntʃt/ /mʌntʃt/ |
| -ing form munching | /ˈmʌntʃɪŋ/ /ˈmʌntʃɪŋ/ |
- to eat something steadily and often noisily, especially something hard and/or dry synonym chomp
- munch on/at something She munched on an apple.
- munch something He sat in a chair munching his toast.
- I munched my way through a huge bowl of cereal.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMunch is used with these nouns as the object:- apple
- sandwich
Word Originlate Middle English: imitative; compare with crunch.