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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: Probably from the sound of food being crushed

munch

 verb
     
Related topics: Food
munch [intransitive and transitive]
DF to eat something noisily
munch on/at
Barry sat munching on an apple.
They'd munched their way through (=eaten all of) three packets of biscuits.
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