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Added 9 October 2026

chomp

/tʃɒmp/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about chomp at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws.

verb

Chew noisily.
The boy chomped his sandwich

Origin

U.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash”). (computing storage unit): An allusion to byte, which sounds like bite.

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