chomped; chomping; chomps
1
: to chew or bite on something
2
: champ sense 2
—usually used in the phrase chomping at the bit
: to chew or bite on
chomp
noun
Examples of chomp in a Sentence
They were chomping burgers at a picnic.
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In December, the actress January Jones took to Instagram to film herself hiding from her chip-chomping brother-in-law.
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Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
This longhorn beetle and its larvae can chomp their way through the state’s valuable blueberry fields.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 June 2026
Arctos and other institutional firms had been chomping at the bit to get in the NFL with its steady cash flow and rising valuations.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 20 May 2026
In a deliberately cheap-looking black-and-white faux-’50s horror movie, the comedy team of Tim & Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) play nerdish mad scientists who capture and bring to their laboratory a dino-fish monster who looks like a chomping-jawed gill-man made of papier-mâché.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
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Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
This longhorn beetle and its larvae can chomp their way through the state’s valuable blueberry fields.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 June 2026
Arctos and other institutional firms had been chomping at the bit to get in the NFL with its steady cash flow and rising valuations.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 20 May 2026
In a deliberately cheap-looking black-and-white faux-’50s horror movie, the comedy team of Tim & Eric (Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) play nerdish mad scientists who capture and bring to their laboratory a dino-fish monster who looks like a chomping-jawed gill-man made of papier-mâché.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
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“Chomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chomp. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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chomp
verb
ˈchämp 
ˈchȯmp
1
: to chew or bite on something
2
: champ entry 1 sense 2
—usually used in the phrase chomping at the bit
chomp
noun
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