[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

chomp \chomp\, v. i.
   to chew loudly and greedily; to champ. prov. eng.  colloq.
   u. s. --halliwell.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

chomp
     n : the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
         syn: bite
     v : chew noisily; "the boy chomped his sandwich" syn: champ
see also:
bite champ 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 moby thesaurus words for "chomp":
   bite, bolus, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chump,
   crunch, cud, gnash, gnaw, gob, grind, gum, masticate, morsel,
   mouth, mouthful, mumble, munch, nibble, nip, quid, ruminate,
   scrunch, snap, swallow

[4] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

chomp vi. 1. to lose; specifically, to chew on something of which
   more was bitten off than one can. probably related to gnashing of teeth.
   2. to bite the bag; see bagbiter.

   a hand gesture commonly accompanies this. to perform it, hold the four
   fingers together and place the thumb against their tips. now open and
   close your hand rapidly to suggest a biting action much like what
   pac-man does in the classic video game, though this pantomime seems to
   predate that. the gesture alone means `chomp chomp' see "verb
   doubling" in the "jargon construction" section of the prependices.
   the hand may be pointed at the object of complaint, and for real
   emphasis you can use both hands at once. doing this to a person is
   equivalent to saying "you chomper" if you point the gesture at
   yourself, it is a humble but humorous admission of some failure. you
   might do this if someone told you that a program you had written had
   failed in some surprising way and you felt dumb for not having
   anticipated it.


see also:
lose bagbiter verb doubling jargon construction 

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

chomp
     
         to lose; specifically, to chew on something of
        which more was bitten off than one can.  probably related to
        gnashing of teeth.
     
        see bagbiter.
     
        a hand gesture commonly accompanies this.  to perform it, hold
        the four fingers together and place the thumb against their
        tips.  now open and close your hand rapidly to suggest a
        biting action much like what pac-man does in the classic
        video game, though this pantomime seems to predate that.  the
        gesture alone means "chomp chomp" see verb doubling.  the
        hand may be pointed at the object of complaint, and for real
        emphasis you can use both hands at once.  doing this to a
        person is equivalent to saying "you chomper"  if you point
        the gesture at yourself, it is a humble but humorous admission
        of some failure.  you might do this if someone told you that a
        program you had written had failed in some surprising way and
        you felt dumb for not having anticipated it.
     
        1996-06-01
     
     
see also:
lose bagbiter verb doubling 

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