ngalot
ngálot with stress marks
grinding or crushing noisily with teeth
Usage Note
Ngalot describes the sound and action of crunching or grinding hard food — like bones, hard candy, or crunchy vegetables — between the teeth. The word is somewhat onomatopoeic and is used informally to describe enthusiastic or noisy eating; derived forms include nagngangalot and ngalutin.
Examples
" Maingay ang ngalot ng aso. "
Natural Translation
The dog's gnawing is noisy.
Literal Translation
Noisy the grinding of dog.
" Nakakairita ang ngalot niya habang kumakain ng chicharon. "
Natural Translation
His/Her noisy grinding while eating pork rinds is irritating.
Literal Translation
Irritating the grinding his/her while eating of pork-rinds.
" Tuwing nanonood kami ng pelikula, nakakaabala ang ngalot niya ng popcorn na halos hindi mo na marinig ang diyalogo. "
Natural Translation
Whenever we watch a movie, his noisy crunching of popcorn is so distracting that you can barely hear the dialogue.
Literal Translation
Every-time watching we of movie, distracting the grinding his of popcorn that almost not you already hear the dialogue.
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