Thesaurus results for MUNCHES

munches

verb

present tense third-person singular of munch

as in consumes

to eat (something) especially in a noisy way We munched popcorn during the movie. cattle munching grass

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Recent Examples of munches Lean casually munches on an ice cream and walks toward the camera, spitting on the lens and wiping it with his dessert to close out the unique performance. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019

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The company said the design consumes approximately 30 percent less fuel than comparable conventional aircraft.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026
Not every abnormal reading is an emergency, yet every alert consumes clinical attention.

— Ayush Jain, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of consumes

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The victim's website could keep working normally while the AI account behind part of it quietly chews through its available balance.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Bella chews him out for punching Angus in the face right before Angus’s big presentation, which Johnny knew about because they were supposed to throw a return supper for him, a dinner Johnny was supposed to cook.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of chews

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That glib self-confidence is present in McNamara, who licks the doughnut glaze off his fingers before offering his hand to the female detective questioning the one living Jason.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Later, a woman protractedly licks blue ice cream from a cone, her attempts thwarted by ferocious gusts of wind and sand.

— Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of licks

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Usually, either a star and its companion mind their own business or the star completely and rapidly devours its neighbor.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
The larvae come from the Cochliomyia hominivorax fly, which invades open wounds or the mucous membranes of body openings in any warm-blooded animal, including humans, and devours tissue, causing the wounds to become increasingly deep and painful.

— Abraham Tellez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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