munch

v 1: eat lightly; "She just nibbles at her food" [syn: {nibble}]

[ant: {gorge}]

2: chew noisily; "The chidren crunched the celery sticks" [syn:

{crunch}]

munch

To transform information in a serial fashion, often requiring

large amounts of computation. To trace down a data structure.

Related to {crunch} and nearly synonymous with {grovel}, but

connotes less pain.

Often confused with {mung}.

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(1995-01-10)