"mukbang" meaning in English

See mukbang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌkbɑŋ/, /ˈmʌkbæŋ/, /ˈmʊkbɑŋ/ (note: hyperforeignism), /ˈmuːkbɑŋ/ (note: hyperforeignism) Audio: En-US-mukbang.wav Forms: mukbangs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 먹방 (meokbang, literally “eating broadcast”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ko|먹방|lit=eating broadcast}} Korean 먹방 (meokbang, literally “eating broadcast”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mukbang (countable and uncountable, plural mukbangs)
  1. (social media) An online video broadcast in which a person eats while interacting with their audience. Wikipedia link: mukbang Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): ASMR, Media, Social media Categories (place): South Korea Synonyms: social eating, meokbang Derived forms: mukbanger, mukbanging Related terms: gongbang Translations (online video broadcast): 食播 (sik⁶ bo³) (Chinese Cantonese), 吃播 (chībō) (Chinese Mandarin), モッパン (moppan) (Japanese), 먹방 (meokbang) (Korean), mukbang [masculine] (Portuguese), мокпа́н (mokpán) [masculine] (Russian), мукба́нг (mukbáng) [masculine] (Russian), mukbang (Spanish), meokbang (Spanish), yemek yayını (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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