Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chomp

/t͡ʃɑmp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: chomp
IPA: /t͡ʃɑmp/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of chomping (see below)

noun

A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.

verb

To bite or chew loudly or heavily.

verb

To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"An IPv6 address is represented as eight hexadecimal chomps."
"The Timico engineering team has started to use the word chomp to represent two bytes or the 4 Hex character block in IPv6."
"The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp."
"Before welcoming any new students to school, make sure they DEFINITELY ARE STUDENTS and not DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN DISGUISE trying to sneak into your school TO CHOMP EVERYONE."

Etymology

U.S. regional variation of champ (verb), from Middle English champen, chammen (“to bite; gnash”). (computing storage unit): An allusion to byte, which sounds like bite.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: champen

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /t͡ʃɑmp/
British English: /tʃɒmp/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

chomps (plural) chump (alternative, dated) chomps (present, singular) chomping (participle, present) chomped (participle, past) chomped (past)

Derived Forms

chompy midchomp chomper

Phrases

chomp at the bit chomp down on cigar-chomping

Frequently Paired Words

chop

Synonyms

hextet bite champ

Rhymes With

comp swamp stomp pomp romp duchamp tromp klomp whomp clomp yomp glomp

Questions

How do you pronounce chomp?: The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃɑmp/.
What does chomp mean?: The act of chomping (see below)
Where does chomp come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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