Munching

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)

munching
 n.

   Exploration of security holes of someone else's computer for thrills,
   notoriety, or to annoy the system manager. Compare {cracker}. See also
   {hacked off}.

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

munching

   Exploration of security holes of someone else's computer for
   thrills, notoriety or to annoy the system manager.  Compare
   {cracker}.  See also {hacked off}.

   [{Jargon File}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 Moby Thesaurus words for "munching":
      appetite, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness,
      chewing, consumption, cropping, deglutition, devouring, devourment,
      dieting, dining, eating, epulation, feasting, feeding, gluttony,
      gobbling, grazing, herbivorism, herbivority, herbivorousness,
      hunger, ingestion, licking, manducation, mastication, messing,
      nibbling, nutrition, omnivorism, omnivorousness, omophagy,
      pantophagy, pasture, pasturing, pecking, regalement, relishing,
      rumination, savoring, tasting, vegetarianism, wolfing

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