munch

verb

ˈmənch 

munched; munching; munches

transitive verb

: to eat with a chewing action

many a mouthful is munched in private

—Washington Irving

also : to snack on

drank coffee and munched homemade cookies

—Lady Bird Johnson

intransitive verb

: to eat or chew something

also : snack

—usually used with on

muncher noun

Examples of munch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And the great Russian poet spoke his fortieth-birthday poem for us in a small room— the one about munching the warty bread of exile. —Deborah Garrison, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025

Other photos featured Dreyer hugging her three sons, smiling with Kotb, 60, and extending her arm for a group selfie as the kids munched on cupcakes. —Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025

While alarm bells rang and kitchen staff struggled to make enough sauce, customers munching on free breadsticks were satisfied. —Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 24 July 2025

Also, pickle lemonade is a lot more delicious than throwing back plain pickle juice or munching on whole pickles. —Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 5 July 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English monchen, probably of imitative origin

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for munch

• brunch
• bunch
• chinch
• crunch
• hunch
• lunch
• punch
• keypunch

Kids Definition

munch

verb

ˈmənch 

: to eat with a chewing action

also : to snack on

munched popcorn and watched a movie

muncher noun

Biographical Definition

Munch 1 of 2

biographical name (1)

ˈmu̇nch  ˈmᵫnch 

Charles 1891–1968 Alsatian-born conductor

Munch

2 of 2

biographical name (2)

ˈmu̇ŋk 

Edvard 1863–1944 Norwegian painter