chew loudly, crunch; eat noisily
family name; Edward Munch (1863-1944), Norwegian painter and printer, one of the early expressionists
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Munch Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t. & i.)
To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.
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 mâcher 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.] i could munch your good dry oats.
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: eat lightly; "she just nibbles at her food" [syn: nibble]
[ant: gorge] 2: chew noisily; "the children crunched the celery sticks" [syn: crunch]
(car sales) tyre-kicker who takes a car on a test-drive and still has no intention of buying
Noun
1. Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
(synonym) Edvard Munch
(hypernym) painter
Noun
1. a large bite; "he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich"
(hypernym) bite, chomp
(derivation) crunch
Verb
1. chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
(synonym) crunch
(hypernym) chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
Munch Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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 Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Munch may refer to:
Media
- Cookie Monster Munch, a 1983 Sesame Street video game for the Atari 2600
- John Munch, a fictional character played by actor Richard Belzer
- Monster Munch (video game), an indirect clone of Pac-Man that was targeted towards the Commodore 64 gaming demographics
- Munch Bunch, a series of children's books written by British author Denis Bond
- , a 2001 platform video game made by Oddworld Inhabitants
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Münch is a surname, and may refer to:
- Münch (family lineage) (Basler Family Name) then later Münch von Münchenstein, Münch von Münchsberg and Münch von Landskron (Swiss aristocracy/Ritter (mittelhochdeutsch: Reiter, lat. eques, franz. chevalier, engl. knight, ital. cavaliere, span. caballero, slaw. vitez, vityaz, ungar. vitéz)) between the years 1185 and 1759.
- Münch (motorcycles) a small German motorbike factory (between 1967 and 1976), founded by Friedel Münch.
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