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To munch is to chew something loudly.

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When you eat carrots and crunch them loudly between your teeth, this is an example of when you munch on carrots.

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transitive verb, intransitive verb

to chew steadily, often with a crunching sound
to eat with enjoyment

Origin: ME monchen, prob. echoic alteration of mangen, to feast < OFr manger < L manducare: see manger

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muncher noun

Munch, Edvard 1863-1944; Norw. painter

See munch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb munched, munch·ing, munch·es

verb, intransitive

To chew food audibly or with a steady working of the jaws.
To eat with pleasure.

verb, transitive

To chew or eat (food) audibly or with pleasure.

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Origin: Middle English monchen

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munchˈer noun

Norwegian artist whose works include etchings, lithographs, and paintings, such as The Scream (1893) and Frieze of Life (1897).

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