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chomping (on)

verb

present participle of chomp (on)

as in chewing

to crush or grind with the teeth loudly chomped on popcorn during the movie

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Appropriated from a John Cale album, the title accurately describes scenes of bloodletting committed by bizarre, scenery-chewing yakuza members, and the energy hovers somewhere around a bloodier-than-baseline Takashi Miike movie from the mid-2000s.

— Vadim Rizov, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026
However, the wear patterns on the teeth were consistent with sucking — not chewing — hard, round abrasive objects over many years, Brumm says.

— Pien Huang, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026

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