Chomp
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tʃɒmp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Chomp is a noun meaning The act of chomping (see below).
Meaning
The act of chomping (see below).
More Meanings
- (computing, rare) A unit of computing storage equal to sixteen bits (two bytes), which can represent any of 65536 distinct values.
- (intransitive) To bite or chew loudly or heavily.
- (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string) if it is a newline (or, less commonly, some other programmer-specified character).
Example Sentences
The dog chomped on the treat and swallowed it in one gulp.
An IPv6 address is represented as eight hexadecimal chomps.
The Timico engineering team has started to use the word chomp to represent two bytes or the 4 Hex character block in IPv6.
Before welcoming any new students to school, make sure they DEFINITELY ARE STUDENTS and not DANGEROUS ANIMALS IN DISGUISE trying to sneak into your school TO CHOMP EVERYONE.
Word Forms
- chomps
- chomping
- chomped
Synonyms for chomp
Depending on context, synonyms include hextet, bite, champ.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bite, champ, chomper, champing, champer, chew.
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