chomp
English
Etymology
U.S. regional variation of “champ” (verb)
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /tʃɒmp/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: chŏmp, IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔmp/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: chomp
- Rhymes: -ɒmp
Noun
chomp (plural chomps)
- The act of chomping (see below)
Verb
chomp (third-person singular simple present chomps, present participle chomping, simple past and past participle chomped)
- (intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
- The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.
- (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
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Translations
to bite or munch loudly or heavily
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