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chompy

chompy adjective: inclined to chomp; bitey.

Adjective

chompy (comparative more chompy, superlative most chompy)

  1. (informal, rare) Inclined to chomp; bitey.
    • A few days later, life at the castle was becoming more and more difficult for everyone, as it soon became apparent that Sandra the dragon was very chompy indeed. He had chomped his way through most of the servants […]2012, Sue Monroe, The Magnificent Moon Hare
  2. (informal, rare) Chewy.
    • He didn't know if the CRS were up to something nasty, making funny sounds with their heavily metallic outfits as they climbed back into their rhinoceros vehicles, or if maybe that black cat was now trailing him with a chompy piece of fish […]1981, Kansas Quarterly, page 131
    • Tannins give red wine a chompy, dry bitterness—think oversteeped tea—that can be off-putting when a wine is young.2012, Stanley Tucci, Joan Tucci, Gianni Scappin, The Tucci Cookbook, page 31

Forms of chompy

comparativemore chompy
superlativemost chompy

Origin of chompy

From chomp + -y.

Questions about chompy

What does chompy mean?
Chompy means inclined to chomp; bitey.
What part of speech is chompy?
Chompy is an adjective.

Words near chompy in the dictionary

  1. chomping down on
  2. chompings
  3. chomps
  4. chomps at the bit
  5. chomps down on
  6. chompy
  7. Chomskian
  8. Chomsky
  9. Chomsky hierarchies
  10. Chomsky hierarchy
  11. Chomsky Normal Form

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