"chomp" meaning in English

See chomp in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tʃɒmp/ [UK], /t͡ʃɑmp/ [US] Audio: en-us-chomp.ogg Forms: chomps [plural]
enPR: chŏmp [US] Rhymes: -ɒmp Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|champen}} Middle English champen, {{sense|computing storage unit}} (computing storage unit): Head templates: {{en-noun}} chomp (plural chomps)
  1. The act of chomping (see below)
    Sense id: en-chomp-en-noun-tSzHCViB
  2. (computing, rare) A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: hextet
    Sense id: en-chomp-en-noun-p5GkxOT4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 4 48 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 6 43 6 46 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 4 44 4 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 40 6 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 44 5 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 40 7 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 43 4 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 37 9 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 37 9 46 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chump [dated] Derived forms: chompy, midchomp

Verb

IPA: /tʃɒmp/ [UK], /t͡ʃɑmp/ [US] Audio: en-us-chomp.ogg Forms: chomps [present, singular, third-person], chomping [participle, present], chomped [participle, past], chomped [past]
enPR: chŏmp [US] Rhymes: -ɒmp Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|champen}} Middle English champen, {{sense|computing storage unit}} (computing storage unit): Head templates: {{en-verb}} chomp (third-person singular simple present chomps, present participle chomping, simple past and past participle chomped)
  1. (intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily. Tags: intransitive Translations (to bite or munch loudly or heavily): дъвча шумно (dǎvča šumno) (Bulgarian), chroupat [imperfective] (Czech), chroustat [imperfective] (Czech), gnaske (Danish), schmatzen (German), csámcsog (Hungarian), masticare in modo rumoroso (Italian), kome (Maori), komi (Maori), ча́вкать (čávkatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ча́вкнуть (čávknutʹ) [perfective] (Russian), hugga (Swedish), smälla ihop (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chomp-en-verb-ewwSTpRg Disambiguation of 'to bite or munch loudly or heavily': 96 4
  2. (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-chomp-en-verb-mUV-ILWq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 45 4 48 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 6 43 6 46 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 4 44 4 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 28 9 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 40 6 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 44 5 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 37 8 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 40 7 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 5 36 5 55 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 36 8 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 43 4 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 37 9 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 8 37 8 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 37 9 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 37 8 48 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chump [dated] Derived forms: chomp at the bit, chomp down on, chomper, cigar-chomping

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "represent"
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        "(computing, rare) A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values."
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        {
          "word": "hextet"
        }
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑmp/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɒmp"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "chump"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chomp"
}

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations"
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    {
      "word": "chomp at the bit"
    },
    {
      "word": "chomp down on"
    },
    {
      "word": "chomper"
    },
    {
      "word": "cigar-chomping"
    }
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "chomping",
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        "present"
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      "form": "chomped",
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        "participle",
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        {
          "text": "The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.",
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        "To bite or chew loudly or heavily."
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          "chew",
          "chew"
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          "loudly",
          "loudly"
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        "(intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Computing"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: chop"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
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          "Perl"
        ],
        [
          "text",
          "text"
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        "(computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character)."
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    {
      "ipa": "/tʃɒmp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "chŏmp",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɑmp/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɒmp"
    }
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    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "chump"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎvča šumno",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "word": "дъвча шумно"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "chroupat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "chroustat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "word": "gnaske"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "word": "schmatzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "word": "csámcsog"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "word": "masticare in modo rumoroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "word": "kome"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "word": "komi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čávkatʹ",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ча́вкать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čávknutʹ",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ча́вкнуть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "word": "hugga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to bite or munch loudly or heavily",
      "word": "smälla ihop"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chomp"
}

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    "chomp"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "chomp",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: computing, transitive, Perl",
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