different between chomp vs nibble

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 1

Probably of Dutch or Low German origin, perhaps from Middle Low German nibbelen (“to gnaw”), akin to modern Low German nibbeln (“to gnaw”) and Dutch nibbelen (“to nibble”), equivalent to nip +? -le (frequentative suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian nibje (“to nibble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?b?l/
• Rhymes: -?b?l

Noun

nibble (plural nibbles)

1. A small, quick bite taken with the front teeth.
2. (in the plural, nibbles) Small snacks such as crisps/potato chips or nuts, often eaten to accompany drinks.

Derived terms

• nibbly

Translations

Verb

nibble (third-person singular simple present nibbles, present participle nibbling, simple past and past participle nibbled)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To eat with small, quick bites.
2. (transitive) To bite lightly.

3. (figuratively) To consume gradually.
4. To find fault; to cavil.

Synonyms

• (eat delicately): piddle

Derived terms

• nibbler

Translations

Etymology 2

From nibble, punning on the homophony of byte and bite.

Alternative forms

• nybble

Noun

nibble (plural nibbles)

1. (computing) A unit of memory equal to half a byte, or four bits.

Translations

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From English nibble.

Noun

nibble m (plural nibbles)

1. (computing) nibble (half a byte)