as in consumed
to eat (something) especially in a noisy way
We munched popcorn during the movie. cattle munching grass
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Recent Examples of munched
When the creature eventually gets munched on by a bigger fish, the concentration of DDT in the new predator's bloodstream only heightens.
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Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Outside, as runners munched their pastries, someone pointed out the street sign.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
In the 1960s, astronauts munched on quick and compact snacks called Space Food Sticks that were generally made with wheat flour, sugar, protein isolate, dry milk and flavorings.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Other photos featured Dreyer hugging her three sons, smiling with Kotb, 60, and extending her arm for a group selfie as the kids munched on cupcakes.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Sep. 2025
Outside, as runners munched their pastries, someone pointed out the street sign.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
In the 1960s, astronauts munched on quick and compact snacks called Space Food Sticks that were generally made with wheat flour, sugar, protein isolate, dry milk and flavorings.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Other photos featured Dreyer hugging her three sons, smiling with Kotb, 60, and extending her arm for a group selfie as the kids munched on cupcakes.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for munched
Verb
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Movies are still big events, still consumed in long sittings, still treated as cultural monuments.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The water and food animals consumed left a chemical signature in their bones, which provided researchers with a key to their origin.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Broncos defense played with their food, chewed it up and spit it out in Week 1 against the Titans.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
12 Sep. 2025
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The leaves will be skeletonized or defoliated, or the needles of conifers will be chewed down to the branches.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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Show Viz Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest had counter-attacking licked.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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The afternoon sun licked the windscreen of the car, and the heat boiled my skin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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What could be more authentically Eighties than a high-school girl who’s never tasted anything tripper than root beer going onstage to fake her way through a John Lennon acid freakout with the Rocket Man and the Piano Man?—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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Rulber de la Torre is opening a new restaurant in Prairie Village, but Mexican food fans may have already tasted his cuisine.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Munched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/munched. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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