Meaning & use
Chomping
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Chewing or biting something noisily and vigorously.
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The horse stood chomping on a mouthful of hay.
The kids were chomping on popcorn throughout the movie.
A note on using this word
Appears in the common idiom 'chomping at the bit', meaning eager and impatient to begin something, originally describing a horse biting its bit.
Words with a similar meaning
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