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chomping

chomping is the present participle and gerund of chomp.

Meaning of chomp

Verb

chomp (third-person singular simple present chomps, present participle chomping, simple past and past participle chomped)

  1. (ambitransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
    • The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.
  2. (transitive) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

See all 4 meanings of chomp

Noun

chomping (plural chompings)

  1. The sound or action of one who chomps.
    • E. E. Cummings
      They had quite a layout, a regular picnic-lunch elaborate enough for kings or even presidents. The v-f-g in particular annoyed me by uttering alternate chompings and belchings.

Forms of chomping

pluralchompings

Phrases with chomping

Questions about chomping

What does chomping mean?
Chomping means the sound or action of one who chomps.
What is chomping the present participle and gerund of?
Chomping is the present participle and gerund of chomp.
What part of speech is chomping?
Chomping is a noun.
What is the plural of chomping?
The plural of chomping is chompings.

Words near chomping in the dictionary

  1. chomped
  2. chomped at the bit
  3. chomped down on
  4. chomper
  5. chompers
  6. chomping
  7. chomping at the bit
  8. chomping down on
  9. chompings
  10. chomps
  11. chomps at the bit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chomping (page history and authors); chomp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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