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crunchy.

Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/
  1. Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.

    I put some lettuce in the burger to make it more crunchy.
  2. Having counter-culture sensibilities; nature-loving or hippie; wholesome, health-conscious.

    figuratively · slang
    San Francisco was a very crunchy town.
    Silky mama won't typically go for cloth diapers like crunchy mama.
  3. Of a chord, containing dissonant intervals.

    informal
  4. Of an image, pixelated, grainy, or exhibiting blocking, often as a result of oversharpening, a low resolution, or aggressively applied lossy image compression.

    informal
  5. Of a game, having significant calculation (number-crunching), complex analysis, or strategic optimization for players to think about.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English crunch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crunchy From crunch + -y. The slang sense is derived from the concept of crunchy granola.

noun/ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/
  1. A pellet of dry cat food.

    plural-normally
  2. An infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank).

    slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English crunch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crunchy From crunch + -y. The slang sense is derived from the concept of crunchy granola.

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