单词 | munch |
释义 | munchn. colloquial. Something to eat; a meal, a snack. Also: an act of munching. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > crunching or munching munching1568 craunch1806 crunch1836 scrunching1869 munch1897 1819 T. Thompson Canny Newcassel in Coll. of Songs 9 Wiv a' the stravagin aw wanted a munch. a1845 T. Hood Lamia iii, in W. Jerdan Autobiogr. (1852) I. 265 They would not bear a bite—no, not a munch, But melted away like ice. 1895 W. Raymond Tryphena in Love 15 At noon the pitchers, rickmakers, and the freckled child who led the horse, sat out of sight in the narrow shadow..to eat their bit o' munch. 1897 R. D. Blackmore Dariel xlvii. 425 The unfortunate starver..tore the cake from Cator. In a moment it was gone, almost without a munch. 1909 Ladies' Field 28 Aug. 511/2 We take a munch at a sandwich & a drink of coffee. 1989 Baby Winter 124/1 Sausages..baked beans, chocolate crispies, hamburgers in a bun with tomato ketchup, pitta bread sandwiches and fairy cakes..will all have munch appeal. 1993 Canad. Living July 32/3 Talking about views, find a spot for a munch by the Museum of Civilization. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). munchv. 1. a. transitive. To eat (food) with a continuous and noticeable chewing action; to eat eagerly and audibly, or with evident enjoyment; to make a snack of. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > munch or crunch gruse?c1225 maungec1400 muncha1425 champ1530 crash1530 cham1531 chank1567 scranch1620 grouze1628 craunch1632 crump1647 denticate1799 crinch1808 crunch1814 scrunch1825 chomp1848 chump1854 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) i. 914 Some wold monche [v.rr. muchche, mucche, muche, meche] her brede alon, lying in bed and make hem for to grone. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Fiiiv Nowe must you monche mamockes & lumpes of brede. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 632/2 I manche, I eate gredylye, je briffe. Are you nat a shamed to manche your meate thus lyke a carter. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. Hiijv I..mounche vp browne breade. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iv. i. 31 I could mounch your good dry Oates. View more context for this quotation 1631 T. Dekker Match mee in London iv. 54 Wee of the City eate none of your Court butter, but some of you munch vp our flatten milk cheese. 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 163 The stuff that the Wench had dressed for them..they left..to be maunched by the company. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 315 Maunching a roll of bread. 1706 P. A. Motteux Temple of Love iii. 37 May she be doom'd to munch Oatmeal and Chalk! 1798 J. Baillie Tryal v. ii, in Series Plays Stronger Passions I. 297 You munch it up as expeditiously as a bit of plum-cake. 1810 Splendid Follies I. 180 As he mounched a large mouthful of macaroons. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Sam left it wheer th' tit [sc. a mare] could ger at it, an' hoo's maunched it in her maïth till it's good nowt. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xviii. 172 She partook of this frugal breakfast with hearty appetite. Thoughts crowded thick and fast in her mind as she munched her grapes. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xiv. 155 My camel munched the leaves of the carob tree outside the ruined wall. 1975 J. Russ Female Man 175 Munched chips, crackers, saltsticks, what-not. b. transitive. In extended use. ΚΠ 1853 E. S. Sheppard Charles Auchester III. 55 The baby..had been munching my finger all the time we talked. 1870 D. G. Rossetti Poems 81 He munched her neck with kisses. 1923 H. Crane Let. 2 Mar. (1965) 128 And then have to munch ideas on water heaters. 1979 N. Gordimer Burger's Daughter 170 Silkworms of soft rain munching the leaves at two in the morning. 1992 Face Feb. 88/1 On stage two TV screens munch up frames of real life. 2. a. intransitive. To eat with conspicuous action of the jaws; to chew eagerly or audibly on something. Also in extended use. Also with away. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > crunch or munch munch1530 munchion1611 craunch1637 chomp1645 crump1760 munge1770 crunch1856 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 640/1 It is no good fellowes touche to stande monching in a cornar whan he hath a good morcell. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. iii. 4 A Saylors Wife had Chestnuts in her Lappe, And mouncht, & mouncht, and mouncht. 1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iii. ii. 59 No, 'tis the Son of a Mare that's broken loose and munching upon the Melons. 1805 J. Robertson Coll. Comic Songs Oh, had I but a slice of ham, Zounds, how I'd munch and chew. 1871 G. MacDonald At Back of North Wind i. 2 He could hear the horses under him munching away in the dark. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols viii. 101 Buy so much fodder, and let the animal munch away at it half the night. 1947 Chicago Tribune 28 Dec. vi. 1/1 Some pine siskins..were found munching on birch cones and pods. 2000 Affliction vii. 93 A tangle of thighbones and plates of steel with six huge black corrugated tires munching implacably along the road. ΚΠ 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxvii. 270 ‘Let me tell your fortune, my pretty lady,’ said the old woman, munching with her jaws. 3. intransitive. U.S. colloquial. With out. To eat snacks, esp. habitually or greedily. ΚΠ 1977 C. McFadden Serial vii. 21/1 I could really munch out on toast, man. 1992 Metro (San Jose, Calif.) 7 May 16/1 Although the critically acclaimed Eight Forty is..the most popular, it's not the only place at which public officials munch out. 2001 Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times (Nexis) 12 Jan. e13 ‘I had a bit of a weight problem when I was a kid,’ Manriquez explained, running through lines from the song encouraging children to go outside..instead of sitting around the house munching out. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1819v.a1425 |
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