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chomping

/ˈtʃɒmpɪŋ/

/ˈtʃɑmpɪŋ/

chomping down

chompingnoun

chompings

Translations

жевание

The sound of chomping was loud in the quiet room.

Звук жевания был громким в тихой комнате.

Additional translations

пережёвывание

Definitions

The act of chewing or biting something with a strong, vigorous motion.

The chomping of the horse on its hay could be heard from across the stable.

Synonyms

chompinggerund / present participle

/ˈtʃɒmpɪŋ/

/ˈtʃɑːmpɪŋ/

Definitions

Chewing or biting with strong, vigorous motions.

The chomping dog shredded the toy within minutes.

Synonyms

chomping at the bit

chompverb

chomping

Gerund

chomped

Past Simple

chomped

Past Participle

chomping

Gerund

/tʃɒmp/

/tʃɑmp/

Translations

чавкать

The horse chomped on the carrot.

Лошадь чавкала морковью.

грызть

He chomped on the pencil while thinking.

Он грыз карандаш, размышляя.

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

chompnoun

Definitions

A vigorous bite or chew.

The horse took a big chomp out of the apple.

chompinterjection

Definitions

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

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