Past tense of munch
regular verb
The past tense of munch is munched. The past participle is also munched.
Forms of munch
| Base form (V1) | munch /mʌntʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | munched |
| Past participle (V3) | munched |
| Present participle | munching |
| Third person singular | munches |
Munched in a sentence
- He picked a single crunchy up in his mouth and munched it consideringly.2013, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Fledgling, Second Edition, →ISBN. From the entry crunchy
- The waitress gave them a strange look, but they didn't care; they were munched out.2010, Leora Freedman, Parachuting: A Novel, Toronto, O.N.: Sumach Press, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry munched out
- He dipped the sticks in a paper cup of yogurt sauce and munched them down.1995, Sage Walker, chapter 7, in George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, Melinda M[arilyn] Snodgrass, editors, Black Trump: A Wild Card Mosaic…. From the entry shaslik
- We drove through the night highway, spraying snow; I munched prianiks and wiggled my toes in the boots to keep warm.2016 June 14, Anna-Nina Kovalenko, “Step Two. PONS ASINORUM* (*DONKEY BRIDGE-Lat.)”, in Five Steps to Resurrection, Trafford Publishing…. From the entry prianik
- He munched and sipped, wished the soda was cold.2013, Jeffery Deaver, chapter 27, in The October List […], New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry fridge
Meaning of munch
- verb To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, and with the mouth closed.
- verb To eat vigorously or with excitement.
- noun A location or restaurant where good food can be expected, or an instance of eating at such a place.
Questions about the past tense of munch
- What is the past tense of munch?
- The past tense of munch is munched.
- What is the past participle of munch?
- The past participle of munch is munched.
- Is munch a regular or irregular verb?
- Munch is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: munch (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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