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chomp

/tʃɒmp/

/tʃɑmp/

chomp down

chompnoun

chomps

/tʃɒmp/

/tʃɑmp/

Translations

bouchéeFamilier ; se dit d’une grosse bouchée ou d’une morsure donnée à un aliment.

The horse took a big chomp out of the apple.

Le cheval a pris une grosse bouchée dans la pomme.

Definitions

A vigorous bite or chew.

The horse took a big chomp out of the apple.

Synonyms

chompverb

chomped

Past Simple

chomped

Past Participle

chomping

ing-form

/tʃɒmp/

/tʃɑmp/

Translations

dévorerManger avec avidité et enthousiasme.

He chomped through the sandwich in record time.

Il a dévoré le sandwich en un temps record.

mâcherBruyamment, avec un mouvement de mâchoires marqué.

The horse chomped on the fresh hay in the stable.

Le cheval mâchait bruyamment le foin frais dans l’écurie.

Additional translations

supprimerInformatique ; pour retirer le caractère de fin de ligne.

Definitions

To chew or bite on something noisily.

The horse chomped on the fresh hay in the stable.

To eat something eagerly and with enthusiasm.

He chomped through the sandwich in record time.

(Computing) To remove the trailing newline character from a string, especially in Perl.

Use chomp to strip the newline at the end of each line you read from the file.

(usually in the phrase "chomp at the bit") To display impatience or eagerness to start.

The athletes were chomping at the bit waiting for the race to begin.

Synonyms

chompinterjection

/tʃɒmp/

/tʃɑmp/

Onomatopoetic exclamation imitating the sound of biting; occasionally used in comics or informal speech.

Translations

crocOnomatopée figurant une morsure brusque.

"Chomp!" went the cartoon shark as it snapped at the surfboard.

"Croc !" fit le requin de dessin animé en se jetant sur la planche de surf.

Definitions

Used to represent the sound or act of a forceful bite.

"Chomp!" went the cartoon shark as it snapped at the surfboard.