as in to consume
to eat (something) especially in a noisy way
We munched popcorn during the movie. cattle munching grass
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Recent Examples of munch
Huge amounts of rain lead to vegetation growth, scattering seeds that attract leaf-munching rodents.
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Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
The children munched on pizza and Caesar salad.
—Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
While a caterpillar munching on a leaf is fairly easy to spot and remove, smaller insect pests like thrips, spider mites, or unidentified larvae can risk introducing those problems to your own plants.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2026
So the crew will munch on tortillas and wheat flatbread to prevent a crumb-causing catastrophe.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
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Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
The children munched on pizza and Caesar salad.
—Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
While a caterpillar munching on a leaf is fairly easy to spot and remove, smaller insect pests like thrips, spider mites, or unidentified larvae can risk introducing those problems to your own plants.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Apr. 2026
So the crew will munch on tortillas and wheat flatbread to prevent a crumb-causing catastrophe.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for munch
Verb
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According to the lawsuit, the child consumed the kofta at The Kebab Shop on Los Feliz Boulevard on or about April 1.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
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Goldman Sachs forecasts a 24-fold increase in token consumption by 2030, reaching 120 quadrillion tokens per month, as agentic AI systems replace single-prompt interactions with multi-step tasks that consume orders of magnitude more compute per query.—
Rakesh Kumar,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
Verb
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The tension inside Chase Center was thick enough to chew.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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Why Crocodiles Perform The ‘Death Roll’ Crocodiles cannot chew food in the same way mammals do.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Can snack workouts replace longer workout sessions?—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
1 June 2026
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This is due to their thick, tough foliage, which is difficult for slugs to snack on.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
20 May 2026
Verb
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Just outside the room, Hadley eagerly licked it up.—
Laura Ungar,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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Just outside the room, Hadley eagerly licked it up.—
Laura Ungar,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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Because of its history and accolades, the place definitely attracts visitors looking to taste cocktails like the Bloody Mary, which the bar claims to have created.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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Season with salt and additional sumac to taste.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 June 2026
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Clark explains to the monster that the therapist has validated him, and the beast responds by devouring him.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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By 2036, interest expense would jump from absorbing 14% of all revenues to devouring 30%, five points more than under the CBO’s forecast.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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“Munch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/munch. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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