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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Bader gives a sharp, subtle performance, underplaying in scenes where even an experienced actor might chomp down.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
But now a large and apparently growing number of people in this country are willingly chomping down on fruits that have been expressly cultivated to bind to their body’s pain receptors and unleash fury with every bite.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2025
People are now on alert and hopefully ordering out for pizza, cracking open a sixer, and getting ready to chomp into this new dumbass classic.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The researchers didn’t find any evidence of gnawing, which further supports the hypothesis that a caiman had chomped down on it.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
But now a large and apparently growing number of people in this country are willingly chomping down on fruits that have been expressly cultivated to bind to their body’s pain receptors and unleash fury with every bite.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2025
People are now on alert and hopefully ordering out for pizza, cracking open a sixer, and getting ready to chomp into this new dumbass classic.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The researchers didn’t find any evidence of gnawing, which further supports the hypothesis that a caiman had chomped down on it.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025
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“Chomp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chomp. Accessed 8 Sep. 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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