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Word entry · 5 letters

munch

Best crossword clue

"Chew noisily"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /mʌntʃ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted chmnuStarts with MEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To chew food steadily, often with a noticeable sound.

Word origin

From Middle English monchen, a variant of mocchen, mucchen ("to munch (food); chew audibly"; > Modern English dialectal mouch), probably imitative in origin (compare English crunch; German mampfen).

Used in a sentence

  • Jim was munching on a biscotti.
  • Watching old Bill munch his pancakes makes me hungry!
  • Sally is having a breakfast munch at her place!

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