EGAVE

chomp

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The act of chomping
  2. noun A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
    An IPv6 address is represented as eight hexadecimal chomps.
  3. verb To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
    The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.
  4. verb To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).

Similar words

bite champ chomper champing champer chew chops munching chaw chop

Often followed by

on down and at of away off out into

Word family

chomped chomping chomps

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