chomp
UK/tʃɒmp//t͡ʃɑmp/
chomp noun: the act of chomping (see below).
Noun
chomp (plural chomps)
- The act of chomping (see below)
- A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
- An IPv6 address is represented as eight hexadecimal chomps.
- The Timico engineering team has started to use the word chomp to represent two bytes or the 4 Hex character block in IPv6.2011 March 22, Trefor Davies, “Bit Nibble Byte Chomp – a call to action”, in trefor.net
- Synonyms:
- hextet
Verb
chomp (third-person singular simple present chomps, present participle chomping, simple past and past participle chomped)
- To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
- The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.
- Before welcoming any new students to school, make sure they DEFINITELY ARE STUDENTS and not DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN DISGUISE trying to sneak into your school TO CHOMP EVERYONE.2016, David O’Doherty, “Danger at School”, in Danger Really Is Everywhere: School of Danger (Danger Is Everywhere; 3), London: Puffin Books, →ISBN, page 65
- To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
Examples of chomp in a sentence
- She paid no attention to Gabe, chomping away on his melon next to her.
- Curt Schilling was "chomping at the bit" following Monday’s three-inning stint in an intrasquad minor-league game.
- "Oh my God, I'm having foodgasms here." Sidney chomped into her pita.
Synonyms of chomp
Forms of chomp
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | chomps |
| alternative form (dated) | chump |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | chomps |
| present participle | chomping |
| past participle | chomped |
| past | chomped |
Origin of chomp
U.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash”). (computing storage unit): An allusion to byte, which sounds like bite.
Words formed from chomp
Words that rhyme with chomp
Questions about chomp
- What does chomp mean?
- Chomp means the act of chomping (see below).
- What part of speech is chomp?
- Chomp can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce chomp?
- Chomp is pronounced /tʃɒmp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chomp?
- The plural of chomp is chomps.
Words near chomp in the dictionary
Source and license
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