chomps
Bites down hard
Chomps is the third-person singular of chomp, meaning to bite or chew vigorously, often noisily: The horse chomps on its bit.
Someone who chomps at the bit is impatient to begin.
The word suggests enthusiastic, sometimes aggressive eating: He chomps his food like he hasn't eaten in days.
Eat greedily and fast
- gobbleEat fast and greedily
- munchTo gnaw steadily
- snackLight between-meal fare
- feastElaborate ceremonial meal
wolf · gulp · swallow · scarf · snarf · gorge · pig out · stuff
Crushing, grinding noise
gnaw
Bite repeatedly at
munch · crunch · snap · clamp · grip · tear · rend · masticate · gnash · nosh
devour
Eat greedily and fast
feast · wolf · gulp · swallow · scarf · snarf · gorge · pig out · stuff · ingest
crunch
Crushing, grinding noise
gnash · grind · slurp · smack · squelch · crisp · loud chewing
ravenous
Extremely hungry, insatiable
peckish · voracious · insatiable · gluttonous · greedy · wolfish · craving · eager · impatient · hankering
molars
Rear crushing teeth
dentures · bite mark · fangs · tusks · pearly whites · gnashers
- chomp at the bitExpress restless anticipation
- chomping at the bitEager and impatient
- chomped at the bitShowed eager impatience
- chomp chomp
- chomp down onBite forcefully and hold