different between chomp vs gnash

English

Alternative forms

• chump (dated)

Etymology

U.S. regional variation of “champ” (verb)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t??mp/
• (US) enPR: ch?mp, IPA^(key): /t???mp/
• Hyphenation: chomp
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

chomp (plural chomps)

1. The act of chomping (see below)

Verb

chomp (third-person singular simple present chomps, present participle chomping, simple past and past participle chomped)

1. (intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.

   The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.

2. (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

Derived terms

• chompy

Related terms

• chomp at the bit

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English gnasten. Origin unknown; the word is probably either Germanic or onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse gnastan, German knirschen, German Low German gnirschen, gnörschen (“gnash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?

• Homophone: Nash

Verb

gnash (third-person singular simple present gnashes, present participle gnashing, simple past and past participle gnashed)

1. (transitive) To grind (one's teeth) in pain or in anger.

2. (transitive) To grind between the teeth.

3. (figuratively) To clash together violently.
4. (Tyneside) To run away.

Derived terms

• gnasher/gnashers
• gnashy

Translations

Noun

gnash (plural gnashes)

1. A sudden snapping of the teeth.

Anagrams

• Ghans, Shang, hangs