different between munch vs chow

English

Etymology

From Middle English monchen, a variant of mocchen, mucchen ("to munch (food); chew audibly"; > Modern English dialectal mouch), probably imitative in origin (compare crunch). Compare also Old French mangier, mengier (“to bite; eat”), of similar sound and meaning.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Verb

munch (third-person singular simple present munches, present participle munching, simple past and past participle munched)

1. To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed — often used with on.

2. To eat vigorously or with excitement.

Derived terms

• muncher
• munchy

Translations

Noun

munch (plural munches)

1. A location or restaurant where good eating can be expected.
   • Sally is having a breakfast munch at her place!
2. (colloquial) An act of eating.

   We had a good munch at the chippy.

3. (uncountable, slang) Food.
4. (BDSM) A casual meeting for those interested in BDSM, usually at a restaurant. See Munch (BDSM).
   • 1996, "peh^ - the prat with the hat", What is a "Munch"? (on newsgroup alt.sex.femdom)

     And thanks to the stunning paxie for getting it all together and creating the best munch ever in the history of munches. :)

   • 2000, "Anton", BDSM parties and munches (on newsgroup alt.sadistic)

     does anyone know any BDSM parties and munches, in greece???

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• muench, munnech

Etymology

From Middle High German manec, from Old High German manag. Cognate with German manch, Dutch menig, English many.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mun?/

Pronoun

munch

1. many

Declension

Derived terms

• munchmol

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /t?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophone: ciao

Etymology 1

Shortened from chow-chow, Chinese Pidgin English of unclear origin.

Noun

chow (usually uncountable, plural chows)

1. (slang, uncountable) Food, especially snacks.
2. A Chow Chow.
   • 1914, Saki, ‘The Lull’, Beasts and Superbeasts:

     ‘I'd try and grapple with him myself, only I've got my chow in my room, you know, and he goes for pigs wherever he finds them.’
3. (chiefly Australia, slang, now rare) A Chinese person.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter V, p. 74, [2]

     These were the creatures Nawnim had been amazed to see about him on the day of his arrival. When he inquired about them, Anna told him they were Japs an' Chows.

   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 11:

     ‘Now look here old man if you should ever bump into an interesting Chow from over the river – one with access, follow me? – just you remember High Haven!’

Derived terms

• chow down

Translations

Verb

chow (third-person singular simple present chows, present participle chowing, simple past and past participle chowed)

1. (slang, South Africa) To eat.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese ? (zh?u).

Noun

chow (plural chows)

1. A prefecture or district of the second rank in China, or the chief city of such a district.

Etymology 3

Phono-semantic matching of Chinese ? (ch?, literally “to eat”), influenced by the “food” sense of Etymology 1 above.

Noun

chow (plural chows)

1. (mahjong) A run of three consecutive tiles of the same suit.

Verb

chow (third-person singular simple present chows, present participle chowing, simple past and past participle chowed)

1. (mahjong) To call a discarded tile to produce a chow.

Translations

Coordinate terms

• pung
• kong

Anagrams

• owch