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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Munched

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Munching

[Prob. akin to

mumble

: cf. also F.

manger

to eat (cf.

), and

mâcher

to cher (cf.

). See

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.

Shakespeare

, v.t.chew by great mouthfuls. [Vulgar.]

Verb.

To chew eagerly by great mouthfuls. [Vulgar.]