manducate

verb manducate

• bite — If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
• gnaw — to bite or chew on, especially persistently.
• nibble — to bite off small bits.
• chomp — If a person or animal chomps their way through food or chomps on food, they chew it noisily.
• crunch — If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.