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# chomp

«chomp» in Mova's school dictionary: **To bite and chew food noisily and with big mouthfuls** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (chomp, chomps, chomped, chomping); noun (a chomp)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To bite and chew food noisily and with big mouthfuls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/#m1)

2) (noun) A big, noisy bite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday talk it describes hungry people and animals, like a crocodile chomping. Phrases: "chomp on", "chomp through", "chomping at the bit" (very eager to start).

### examples

- The horse chomped on an apple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/#x1)
- He chomped through three sandwiches. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/#x2)
- The crocodile's jaws went chomp! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/#x3)
- Don't chomp with your mouth open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/#x4)
- We were chomping at the bit to start the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/#x5)
- The dog chomped the biscuit in one bite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/#x6)
- "Ole Brer B'ar, he chomp his toofies en foam at de mouf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/#x7)

### note

Informal word. It is a bit like "chew" plus "champ". "Chomping at the bit" comes from horses chewing the metal bit in their mouths when they are eager to go.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chomp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chomp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.