munch

5 definitions found

munch - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

munch - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

munch - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

munch - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.
  

munch - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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