crunchy
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crunchy
- /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/
Rhymes with -ʌntʃi
Where it comes from
From crunch + -y. The slang sense is derived from the concept of crunchy granola.
adjective crunchier · crunchiest
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Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
I put some lettuce in the burger to make it more crunchy.
Similar: crispy
- Having counter-culture sensibilities; nature-loving or hippie; wholesome, health-conscious. San Francisco was a very crunchy town.
- Of a chord, containing dissonant intervals.
- Of an image, pixelated, grainy, or exhibiting blocking, often as a result of oversharpening, a low resolution, or aggressively applied lossy image compression. This can result in the image looking very crunchy as pixels are skipped - especially if you choose the "Fit" option in the Magnification popup. Don't panic; your final image won't look that bad[…]
- Of a game, having significant calculation (number-crunching), complex analysis, or strategic optimization for players to think about.
noun crunchies
- A pellet of dry cat food. Finally she paws a crunchy out of the bowl, bends her head, [and] eats it.
- An infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank). "Inside, tankers carry full-length M16s for crew protection from crunchies."
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: crisp, fresh, firm, granola, crispy, crumby, munchy, chewy, crinky, crumply, crackly, crackerlike, crumbable, crumpy, scrunchy, semicrisp
Translations
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adj likely to crunch
| Español | crujiente, crocante |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 脆 cuì |
| Português | crocante |
| Français | croquant |
| Deutsch | knusprig |
| Italiano | croccante |
| Ελληνικά | τραγανιστός traganistós |
| Română | crocant |
| Русский | хрустя́щий xrustjáščij |
Talk about this word "crunchy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crunchy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. crunchy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crunchy "crunchy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crunchy.Cite this
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