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

munch \munch\, v. t.  i. imp.  p. p. munched; p. pr.  vb.
   n. munching. prob. akin to mumble: cf. also f. manger to
   eat cf. mange, and m^acher to cher cf. masticate.
   see mumble.
   to chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews
   provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.
   formerly written also maunch and mounch.
   1913 webster

         i could munch your good dry oats.        --shak.
   1913 webster
see also:
munched munching mange masticate mumble maunch 
mounch 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

munch
     n 1: norwegian painter 1863-1944 syn: edvard munch
     2: a large bite; "he tried to talk between munches on the
        sandwich"
     v : chew noisily; "the children crunched the celery sticks"
         syn: crunch
see also:
edvard munch crunch 

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

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

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

munch vt. often confused with mung, q.v. to transform information
   in a serial fashion, often requiring large amounts of computation. to
   trace down a data structure. related to crunch and nearly synonymous
   with grovel, but connotes less pain.


see also:
mung crunch grovel 

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

munch
     
        to transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring
        large amounts of computation.  to trace down a data structure.
        related to crunch and nearly synonymous with grovel, but
        connotes less pain.
     
        often confused with mung.
     
        jargon file
     
        1995-01-10
     
     
see also:
crunch grovel mung jargon file 

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