chomp
verbEtymology U.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash”). (computing storage unit): An allusion to byte, which sounds like bite.
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Ambitransitive To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
- The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.
- Before welcoming any new students to school, make sure they DEFINITELY ARE STUDENTS and not DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN DISGUISE trying to sneak into your school TO CHOMP EVERYONE.2016, David O’Doherty, “Danger at School”, in Danger Really Is Everywhere: School of Danger (Danger Is Everywhere; 3), London: Puffin Books, →ISBN, page 65:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
- Derived terms
- chomp at the bit, chomp down on, chomper, cigar-chomping