munch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: munch	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for munch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Munch n Norwegian painter (1863-1944) [syn: Munch, {Edvard Munch}] a large bite; "he tried to talk between munches on the sandwich" v chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks" Synonym(s): crunch, munch
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Munch \Munch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Munched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Munching}.] [Prob. akin to mumble: cf. also F. manger to eat (cf. {Mange}), and m[83]cher to cher (cf. {Masticate}). See {Mumble}.] To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls. [Formerly written also {maunch} and {mounch}.] I could munch your good dry oats. --Shak.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
munch vt. [often confused with {mung}, q.v.] To transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring large amounts of computation. To trace down a data structure. Related to {crunch} and nearly synonymous with {grovel}, but connotes less pain.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
munch To transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring large amounts of computation. To trace down a data structure. Related to {crunch} and nearly synonymous with {grovel}, but connotes less pain. Often confused with {mung}. [{Jargon File}] (1995-01-10)