Crunchy

Quick meaning: Crunchy is an adjective meaning Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (figurative, slang) Having counter-culture sensibilities; nature-loving or hippie; wholesome, health-conscious.
2. (music, informal) Of a chord, containing dissonant intervals.
3. (usually in the plural) A pellet of dry cat food.
4. (military slang) An infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank).
5. (informal) Of an image, pixelated, grainy, or exhibiting blocking, often as a result of oversharpening, a low resolution, or aggressively applied lossy image compression.
6. (board games, gaming, slang) Of a game, having significant calculation (number-crunching), complex analysis, or strategic optimization for players to think about.

Example Sentences

San Francisco was a very crunchy town.

I put some lettuce in the burger to make it more crunchy.

Silky mama won't typically go for cloth diapers like crunchy mama.

Inspector: Well, don't you even take the bones out? Mr. Hilton: If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, would it?

Word Forms

• crunchier
• crunchiest
• crunchies

Synonyms for crunchy

Depending on context, synonyms include crispy, crisp, firm, fresh.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crisp, fresh, firm, granola, crispy, crumby.

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