MUNCH
NOUNS
► RAMSH a munch, a single act of chewing coarse or rank food, as raw vegetables → 1825 Sc.
VERBS
► GROUZE ► ROWZE to munch with a crunching sound → 1624 Eng. dial.
► GRUSE ► GRUSEL to munch → 1225 obs.
► MANCH to munch; to chew; to eat → 1829 Eng. dial.
► MAUNGE to munch, to chew, to masticate; to eat greedily → 1362 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MUNGE to munch, to chew; to eat greedily and noisily → 1770 chiefly Eng. dial.
► RAMSH ► RANSH ► RUNSH to munch and chew vigorously with much noise; to crunch with the teeth → 1825 Sc.
► RAUNCH ► RAUNGE to munch; to eat or devour greedily → 1777 Sc. & Eng. dial.