All manducate synonyms

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.
• scrunch — to crunch, crush, or crumple.
• rend — to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
• munch — Charles, 1891–1968, French conductor in the U.S.
• gum — Often, gums. Also called gingiva. the firm, fleshy tissue covering the alveolar parts of either jaw and enveloping the necks of the teeth.
• gulp — to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
• dispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
• masticate — Chew (food).
• chaw — to chew (tobacco), esp without swallowing it
• champ — A champ is the same as a champion.
• ruminate — to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
• gnash — to grind or strike (the teeth) together, especially in rage or pain.
• grind — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
• chump — If you call someone who you like a chump, you are telling them that they have done something rather stupid or foolish, or that they are always doing stupid things.
• chew — When you chew food, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth so that it becomes easier to swallow.