chumble
English
Etymology
Probably of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃʌmb(ə)l/
Verb
chumble (third-person singular simple present chumbles, present participle chumbling, simple past and past participle chumbled)
- (transitive) To peck at or nibble.
- 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun
- Little dogs (his spaniel’s eyes encountered many) leaped and fawned about her, their sharp neat teeth clogging in the soft candy they chumbled from her gloved hand.
- 1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like The Sun