Munch
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place. colloquial, countable
"Sally is having a breakfast munch at her place!"
- 2 a large bite wordnet
- 3 An act of eating. colloquial, countable
"We had a good munch at the chippy."
- 4 Food. slang, uncountable
"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."
- 5 A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant, bar or pub. countable
"And thanks to the stunning paxie for getting it all together and creating the best munch ever in the history of munches. :)"
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- 6 Someone who easily agrees to give oral sex. countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
"You thought I was feelin' you? (Nah) That nigga a munch."
- 1 To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed. often
"Jim was munching on a biscotti."
- 2 crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound wordnet
- 3 To eat vigorously or with excitement.
"Watching old Bill munch his pancakes makes me hungry!"
- 1 A surname.
- 2 Edvard Munch, Norwegian artist.
Example
More examples"I would like to have something to munch on with my beer."
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).
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