English Explanatory Dictionary

chomp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of chomping (see below)
  2. A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
verb
  1. To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
  2. To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

Pronunciation

/tʃɒmp/ chŏmp /t͡ʃɑmp/ en-us-chomp.ogg

Word forms

chomp chomps chump chomping chomped

Etymology

U.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash”). (computing storage unit): An allusion to byte, which sounds like bite.

Synonyms

hextet

Derived words

chompy midchomp chomp at the bit chomp down on chomper cigar-chomping
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