MUNCH
What does "MUNCH" mean?
To chew food steadily and audibly, especially something crisp.
Meanings
- To eat with a steady, often noisy, chewing motion. The rabbits munched their way through the lettuce patch.
- A snack or something to eat; an act of snacking. Let's grab a quick munch before the film. informal
Word origin
From Middle English 'mocchen', probably imitative of the sound of chewing, perhaps influenced by Old French 'mangier', 'to eat'; an echoic word like 'crunch'.
Remember it
MUNCH rhymes with 'crunch' and 'lunch' - the perfect trio: you crunch your lunch when you munch.
A little poem
Carrot to molar, a small green drum-
the rabbit keeps time while the gardeners come.
couplet
Wordplay
- I had a big munch at lunch and now I can't munch much - the words ran out before the snacks did.
What it teaches
Some words are just the sounds they name; the body knew how to munch long before anyone spelled it.
Quick facts
What does MUNCH mean?
To chew food steadily and audibly, especially something crisp.
Is MUNCH a valid word?
Yes — MUNCH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MUNCH?
MUNCH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does MUNCH come from?
From Middle English 'mocchen', probably imitative of the sound of chewing, perhaps influenced by Old French 'mangier', 'to eat'; an echoic word like 'crunch'.
What can MUNCH teach us?
Some words are just the sounds they name; the body knew how to munch long before anyone spelled it.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.