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munch^¹

/mʌntʃ/ UK

Rhymes with -ʌntʃ

Where it comes from

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).

verb munches · munching · munched

often, with "on" To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed. Jim was munching on a biscotti.
To eat vigorously or with excitement. Watching old Bill munch his pancakes makes me hungry!

noun munches

colloquial, countable A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place. Sally is having a breakfast munch at her place!
colloquial, countable An act of eating. We had a good munch at the chippy.
slang, uncountable Food. So once we had a shower with what only I can describe as a fitted garden hose with a broken head, ventured out to get some munch. We found a little restaurant, sat down and pretty much got told what we was ^([sic]) having.
countable A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant, bar or pub. And thanks to the stunning paxie for getting it all together and creating the best munch ever in the history of munches. :)
countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex. You thought I was feelin' you? (Nah) That nigga a munch.

Munch^²

proper noun Munches

A surname.
Edvard Munch, Norwegian artist.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nibble, crunch, chew, bite, monk, ellingsen, petersen, peterson, mumble, chomp, smutch, crinch, craunch, cranch, chew on, muckle

Translations

Every language

verb to chew

Português	mastigar ruidosamente
Deutsch	mampfen, geräuschvoll kauen
Română	molfăi, plescăi
Русский	ча́вкать čávkatʹ

verb to eat vigorously

Português	devorar, papar
Deutsch	fressen, futtern, schmausen, schnabulieren

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@misc{munch_2026,
  title = {munch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/munch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}