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chomp

  • n  the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
  • v  chew noisily
    The boy chomped his sandwich

  • Sure, tooth-grinding and nervous eating habits I'm going to chomp on chocolate as an escape may be driving traffic to the drill.
  • According to reports in Zimbabwe's domestic press on Thursday, President Robert Mugabe and delegates to the annual conference of his ruling Zanu-PF Party will chomp their way .
  • On the passion that bloggers bring to their pursuit: "When bloggers decide that something matters, they chomp down hard and refuse to let go.
News & Articles

  • Life found thriving deep under ocean floor
    Beneath the seafloor lives a vast and diverse array of microbes, chomping on carbon that constantly rains down from above and is continually buried by a never-ending downpour of debris some whale dung here, some dead plankton there.
    June 13, 2013 - Fox News
  • Thriving Microbe Community Lives Beneath Seafloor
    Beneath the seafloor lives a vast and diverse array of microbes, chomping on carbon that constantly rains down from above and is continually buried by a never-ending downpour of debris — some whale dung here, some dead plankton there. For the first time, a study has shown that these microbes are actively multiplying and likely even moving around in the compressed, oxygen-devoid darkness beneath ...
    June 12, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
  • Microbe community thrives beneath seafloor
    By Douglas MainLiveScienceBeneath the seafloor lives a vast and diverse array of microbes, chomping on carbon that constantly rains down from above and is continually buried by a never-ending downpour of debris — some whale dung here, some dead plankton there. For the first time, a study has shown that these microbes are actively multiplying and likely even moving around in the compressed ...
    June 12, 2013 - NBC NEWS
Quotes

  • Urban Meyer in Palm Beach Post
    I look at him and he starts doing the Gator chomp,Meyer said. "That kid is not intimidated by anything, so I grabbed him and I said, You're the punt returner today.' "
  • Andre Caldwell in Sun-Sentinel.com
    I remember coming out; it was real loud,Florida wide receiver Andre Caldwell said. "All you heard was the Seminole chomp all first quarter. But then we made a couple plays, and it got real quiet in there."
  • Catherine Zeta-Jones in Fort Worth Star Telegram
    Zeta-Jones said that in the past she was a "bread girl," but these days, "I'm just working out and not chomping down what I usually chomp down."

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