mukbang

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/ˈmʌkbɑŋ//ˈmʌkbæŋ//ˈmʊkbɑŋ//ˈmuːkbɑŋ/

noun

An online video broadcast in which a person eats.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounmukbang (countable and uncountable, plural mukbangs)

plural mukbangs · alternative meokbang · alternative muckbang

  1. countableuncountablesocial mediaAn online video broadcast in which a person eats.

    I eat the pussy like a mukbang, let my nuts hang

    2022, “Estaciones”, performed by Action Bronson ft. Hologram
    3 more examples

    After all there's a huge market in South Korea for mukbangs. That's where someone is streaming as they eat. […] In any case there seem to be no particular types that are successful at streaming a mukbang since there are pretty young girls and heavy guys that seem to get a lot of viewers.

    2016 January 6, shawn, “Re: AT&T U-Verse Shysters”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet)

    I also get the sense, though, that some of those who, for whatever reason, often end up eating alone are tuning in for a dose of mukbang at mealtimes to get some virtual company (see the “Social Dining” chapter).

    2017, Charles Spence, Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating, Penguin, →ISBN, page 57

    In each group of comments, the intersectionality of Kinoshita's identity markers is compounded as she is singled out as a mukbang eater, a female mukbang eater, a slim female mukbang eater, and finally a slim Asian female mukbang eater, […]

    2018, Crystal Abidin, Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online, Emerald Group Publishing, →ISBN, page 26

    Synonyms: social eating

verbmukbang (third-person singular simple present mukbangs, present participle mukbanging, simple past and past participle mukbanged)

present singular third person mukbangs · participle present mukbanging · participle past mukbanged · past mukbanged · alternative meokbang · alternative muckbang

  1. transitivesocial mediaTo eat (food) as part of a mukbang performance.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn online video broadcast in which a person eats.

Origin

  1. Korean먹방
  2. Englishmukbang

Borrowed from Korean 먹방 (meokbang, literally “eating broadcast”).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 食播
  • 食播 (sik⁶ bo³)online video broadcast
Chinese Mandarin 吃播
  • 吃播 (chībō)online video broadcast
Indonesian mokbang, mukbang
  • mokbangonline video broadcast
  • mukbangonline video broadcast
Japanese モッパン
  • モッパン (moppan)online video broadcast
Korean 먹방
  • 먹방 (meokbang)online video broadcast
Polish mukbang
  • mukbangonline video broadcast
Portuguese mukbang
  • mukbangonline video broadcast
Russian мокпа́н, мукба́нг
  • мокпа́н (mokpán)online video broadcast
  • мукба́нг (mukbáng)online video broadcast
Spanish mukbang, meokbang
  • mukbangonline video broadcast
  • meokbangonline video broadcast
Turkish yemek yayını
  • yemek yayınıonline video broadcast
Cite this entry
APA

mukbang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mukbang

MLA

“mukbang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mukbang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mukbang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mukbang.

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