오물오물 + 씹다 / 먹다 · 오물거리다
chewing with small mouthfuls
Example
아기가 밥을 오물오물 씹어 먹어요.
The baby is munching on rice in little bites.
Word parts
의태어 (manner word) for a small mouth chewing with lips closed. Its dark-vowel pair 우물우물 is bigger, slower chewing, or mumbling.
Good to know
Pronounced [오무로물]: the ㄹ batchim links to the next vowel. The verb 오물거리다 is common, usually about children.
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