Munch

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Munch
    n 1: Norwegian painter (1863-1944) [syn: {Munch}, {Edvard
         Munch}]
    2: a large bite; "he tried to talk between munches on the
       sandwich"
    v 1: chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
         [syn: {crunch}, {munch}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Munch \Munch\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Munched}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Munching}.] [Prob. akin to mumble: cf. also F. manger to
   eat (cf. {Mange}), and m[^a]cher to cher (cf. {Masticate}).
   See {Mumble}.]
   To chew with a grinding, crunching sound, as a beast chews
   provender; to chew deliberately or in large mouthfuls.
   [Formerly written also {maunch} and {mounch}.]
   [1913 Webster]

         I could munch your good dry oats.        --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

munch
 vt.

   [often confused with {mung}, q.v.] To transform information in a
   serial fashion, often requiring large amounts of computation. To trace
   down a data structure. Related to {crunch} and nearly synonymous with
   {grovel}, but connotes less pain.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

munch

   To transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring
   large amounts of computation.  To trace down a data structure.
   Related to {crunch} and nearly synonymous with {grovel}, but
   connotes less pain.

   Often confused with {mung}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-01-10)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "munch":
      bite, bolus, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chomp,
      chump, crunch, cud, gnash, gnaw, gob, grind, gum, masticate,
      morsel, mouth, mouthful, mumble, nibble, nip, quid, ruminate,
      scrunch, snap, swallow

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