different between masticate vs chomp

English

Etymology

From the past participle stem of post-Classical Latin mastic? (“I chew”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (mastikhá?, “I grind the teeth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæst?ke?t/

Verb

masticate (third-person singular simple present masticates, present participle masticating, simple past and past participle masticated)

1. (transitive) To chew (food).

2. (transitive) To grind or knead something into a pulp.

Translations

See also

• mastic
• masticable
• mastication
• masticator
• masticatory

Anagrams

• catamites

Interlingua

Participle

masticate

1. past participle of masticar

Italian

Verb

masticate

1. second-person plural present of masticare

Participle

masticate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of masticare

Anagrams

• mesticata

Latin

Verb

mastic?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of mastic?

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