English Explanatory Dictionary

munch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.
  2. To eat vigorously or with excitement.
noun
  1. A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place.
  2. An act of eating.
  3. Food.
  4. A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant, bar or pub.
  5. Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. Edvard Munch, Norwegian artist.

Pronunciation

/mʌntʃ/ En-au-munch.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-munch.wav

Word forms

munch munches munching munched

Etymology

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).

Derived words

arsemunch assmunch buttmunch cockmunch dick munch maximal munch munchable muncher munchie munchkin munchy unmunched
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