munch
[muhnch]
- to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
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- to chew steadily or vigorously, often audibly.
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- Informal. a snack.
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- munch out, Slang. to snack especially extensively or frequently.
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Origin of munch
1375–1425; late Middle English monchen, variant of mocchen; imitative
Munch
[moo ngk]
- Ed·vard [ed-vahrd] /ˈɛd vɑrd/, 1863–1944, Norwegian painter and graphic artist.
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Münch
[mynsh]
- Charles,1891–1968, French conductor in the U.S.
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Contemporary Examples
For better or worse, jazz is turning into the music you hear when you drink coffee and munch on a donut or bagel.
In it, Munch attached his head to the body of a female; the symbolic meaning, that he no longer required a woman in his life.
Munch painted three other versions of “The Scream,” all now in museums in Oslo.
Munch's $120 million painting went to New Yorker Leon Black.
I wrote about my final encounter with the Munch in today's Daily Beast.
Historical Examples
Then she unrolled her own package of sandwiches, and proceeded to munch one.
The Wall Street GirlFrederick Orin Bartlett
"He's a vegetarian," remarked the Tiger, as the horse began to munch the clover.
Dorothy and the Wizard in OzL. Frank Baum
He came back to his seat and began to munch them very contentedly.
The River of DarknessWilliam Murray Graydon
He stopped to munch the last bit of corn-bread and drain his bowl to the bottom.
The Red AcornJohn McElroy
They were creeping about, and I could plainly hear them munch the apples.
When Life Was YoungC. A. Stephens
munch
- to chew (food) steadily, esp with a crunching noise
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Word Origin
C14 monche, of imitative origin; compare crunch
Munch
- 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
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Word Origin and History for munch
v.
late 14c., mocchen, imitative (cf. crunch), or perhaps from Old French mangier "to eat, bite," from Latin manducare "to chew." Related: Munched; munching.
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