chank

American  

[changk] / tʃæŋk /

verb (used without object)

Chiefly New England and West Midland U.S.

1. to eat noisily or greedily.

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Etymology

Origin of chank

First recorded in 1870–75; expressive v. akin to champ ¹, chomp

Example Sentences

Elephants, horses, carts, and myriads of people pass and repass, jugglers, dancers, and musicians of all nations, with chank shells and other instruments ornamented with gold.

From Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

We went up within a few yards of the bear, who did not seem to like our company and would chank his jaws and snort similar to an angry hog.

From Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. by Woodcock, Eldred Nathaniel

This tendency of particular localities to re-produce certain specialities of form and colour is not confined to the sea or to the instance of the chank shell.

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir

Bernier, on the Ceylon elephant, 209.Bertolacci, on form of chank shell, 372.Bestiaries,

From Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon by Tennent, James Emerson, Sir