Munch

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Munch \Munch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Munched}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Munching}.] [Prob. akin to mumble: cf. also F. manger to
     eat (cf. {Mange}), and m[^a]cher to cher (cf. {Masticate}).
     See {Mumble}.]
     To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews
     provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.


     [Formerly written also {maunch} and {mounch}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           I could munch your good dry oats.        --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Munch
       n 1: Norwegian painter (1863-1944) [syn: {Edvard Munch}]
       2: a large bite; "he tried to talk between munches on the
          sandwich"
       v : chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
           [syn: {crunch}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "munch":
     bite, bolus, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chomp,
     chump, crunch, cud, gnash, gnaw, gob, grind, gum, masticate,
     morsel, mouth, mouthful, mumble, nibble, nip, quid, ruminate,
     scrunch, snap, swallow
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  munch vt. [often confused with {mung}, q.v.] To transform information
     in a serial fashion, often requiring large amounts of computation. To
     trace down a data structure. Related to {crunch} and nearly synonymous
     with {grovel}, but connotes less pain.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  munch
       
          To transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring
          large amounts of computation.  To trace down a data structure.
          Related to {crunch} and nearly synonymous with {grovel}, but
          connotes less pain.
       
          Often confused with {mung}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-01-10)