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munch
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)
- To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed — often used with on.
- To eat vigorously or with excitement.
Derived terms
- muncher
- munchy
Translations
Noun
munch (plural munches)
- A location or restaurant where good eating can be expected.
- Sally is having a breakfast munch at her place!
- (colloquial) An act of eating.
- We had a good munch at the chippy.
- (uncountable, slang) Food.
- (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???
- 1996, "peh^ - the prat with the hat", What is a "Munch"? (on newsgroup alt.sex.femdom)
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
- many
Declension
Derived terms
- munchmol
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gnaw
English
Etymology
From Middle English gnawen, gna?en, from Old English gnagan, from Proto-Germanic *gnagan?. Cognate with Dutch knagen, German nagen, Norwegian Bokmål gnage, Norwegian Nynorsk gnaga, Swedish gnaga. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *g?n?g?- (“to gnaw, scratch”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: nô, IPA(key): /n??/
- Rhymes: -??
- (US) enPR: nô, IPA(key): /n?/
- (cot–caught merger) enPR: nä, IPA(key): /n?/
- Homophone: nor (in non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Verb
gnaw (third-person singular simple present gnaws, present participle gnawing, simple past gnawed or (dialectal) gnew, past participle gnawed or (archaic) gnawn)
- (transitive, intransitive) To bite something persistently, especially something tough.
- (intransitive) To produce excessive anxiety or worry.
- To corrode; to fret away; to waste.
Derived terms
- begnaw
- gnawer
- gnawable
- ungnawed
Related terms
- nag
Translations
Noun
gnaw (plural gnaws)
- the act of gnawing
Anagrams
- AgNW, Ngwa, Wang, g'wan, gawn, gwan, wang
Middle Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nau?/
Noun
gnaw
- Soft mutation of knaw.
Mutation
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