What does munch mean?
Definitions for munch
mʌntʃmunch
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Princeton's WordNet
Munch, Edvard Munchnoun
Norwegian painter (1863-1944)
munchverb
a large bite
"he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich"
crunch, munchverb
chew noisily
"The children crunched the celery sticks"
Wiktionary
munchnoun
A location or restaurant where good eating can be expected.
munchnoun
An act of eating.
We had a good munch at the chippy.
munchnoun
food.
munchnoun
A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant. See .
munchverb
To chew with a grinding, crunching sound -- often used with on.
munchverb
To eat vigorously or with excitement.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Munchverb
To chew by great mouthfuls.
Etymology: manger, French.
Say, sweet love, what thou desir’st to eat?
—— Truly, a peck of provender; I could munch you good dry oats. William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night’s Dream.To Munchverb
To chew eagerly by great mouthfuls.
It is the son of a mare that’s broken loose, and munching upon the melons. John Dryden, Don Sebastian.
Wikipedia
münch
Münch or Muench is a German surname, meaning "monk".
ChatGPT
munch
To munch means to eat something, often loudly or in an enthusiastic manner. It can also refer to taking small but steady bites out of something. This term is often used casually or informally.
Webster Dictionary
Munch
to chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls
Etymology: [Prob. akin to mumble: cf. also F. manger to eat (cf. Mange), and mcher to cher (cf. Masticate). See Mumble.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Munch
munsh, v.t. and v.i. to chew with shut mouth.—n. Munch′er, one who munches.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
munch
[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.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
MUNCH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Munch is ranked #14299 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Munch surname appeared 2,093 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Munch.
94.6% or 1,980 total occurrences were White.
2.4% or 51 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.1% or 23 total occurrences were Asian.
1% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.2% or 6 total occurrences were Black.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of munch in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of munch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of munch in a Sentence
We tell people to munch on veggies when they have a craving, but a lot of people get bored of carrots and celery pretty quickly, peppers are great to slice up when you get home from work, while you're making or waiting for dinner.
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