Big bite from maiden tucking into piece of meat (5)
I believe the answer is:
chomp
'big bite' is the definition.
'chomp' can be an answer for 'bite' ('chomp' can be a synonym of 'bite'). I'm not certain of the 'big' bit.
'maiden tucking into piece of meat' is the wordplay.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'tucking into' is an insertion indicator.
'piece of meat' becomes 'chop' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'm' inserted into 'chop' is 'CHOMP'.
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for chomp that I've seen before include "For crunch" , "Chew" , "Munch noisily (colloq.)" .)