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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That’d be like me big-lip chomping on some bananas in the cafeteria.
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Nick Caruso, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
Heat waves are lasting longer, rain comes in floods sandwiched between droughts, and new pests are suddenly abundant and chomping on what were your garden’s most trouble-free plants.
—Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
None of this means that the Giants’ next manager won’t be a cigar-chomping senior who hates the modern game and has a tattoo of a sacrifice bunt over his heart.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
That’d be like me big-lip chomping on some bananas in the cafeteria.
—David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
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“Chomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chomp. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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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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