munchy

plural munchies

1. alternativeAlternative form of munchie (“(informal) a snack”).

   “I just stocked up the fridge with pop and there's candy bars in the cabinet, if you need a munchy.”

   2010, Jinna Dodds, Light Song, page 64

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   They left together, and as they were buckling into the Blazer, his father asked, “ Do you want to tell me now or go to The CoffeeHouse and get a munchy first?”

   2007, Cindy McClure, Mystery Under the Magnolia Tree, page 53

comparative munchier · superlative munchiest

1. informalSuitable for munching; characteristic of a snack.

   The crunchiest, munchiest candy you ever tasted.

   1965 November 11, Kessler’s, “Barricini makes the crunchiest Butter Krunge in the world!”, in Pottstown Mercury, volume 35, number 38, Pottstown, Pa.: Pottstown Daily News Publishing Company, page thirty-eight

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   You never nibbled at munchier brownies than these.

   1932 February, Baker’s Chocolate, “Three Chocolate Praise-Winners that make guests say “Do give me your recipe””, in Ladies’ Home Journal, volume XLIX, number 2, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 44

   And every slice will be the munchiest, tastiest toast you’ve ever eaten!

   1951 May 14, General Electric, ““Tailored Toast” to suit your taste!”, in LIFE, Chicago, Ill.: TIME Inc., page 13

   Topped with fresh or stewed fruit, sugar and milk, WEET-BIX is the munchiest, crunchiest, most downright delicious breakfast you’ve ever tasted.

   1960 September 14, Weet-Bix, “Happy idea for better family breakfasts”, in The Australian Women’s Weekly, volume 28, number 15, Sydney, N.S.W., page 34

   Italian crust—crunchier, munchier, flakier by far.

   1960 October 6, Contadina, “turn italian tonight with contadina pizza mix—and save 25¢!”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 82, number 276, St. Louis, Mo., page 12E

   One day Little Cow said to her mother, “I’m going over to the other mountain. The grass is munchier over there.”

   1963, Jeanette Krinsley, “The Cow Went Over the Mountain”, in Little Golden Book Classics: Three Best-Loved Tales, New York, N.Y.: Golden Books; Racine, Wis.: Western Publishing Company, Inc., published 1992, →ISBN