crunchy

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɹʌntʃi/

Adjective

crunchy (comparative crunchier, superlative crunchiest)

1. Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
2. (slang) Having sensibilities of a counter-culture nature lover or hippie; derived from the concept of crunchy granola.

   San Francisco is a very crunchy town.

Synonyms

• crispy

Translations

• French: croquant
• German: knusprig
• Russian: хрустя́щий
• Spanish: crujiente

Noun

crunchy (plural crunchies)

1. (usually, in the plural) A pellet of dry cat food.
   • 2008, Bev Cooke, Feral (ISBN 1551437473), page 147:

     Finally she paws a crunchy out of the bowl, bends her head, [and] eats it.

   • 2013, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Fledgling, Second Edition (ISBN 1625791224):

     He picked a single crunchy up in his mouth and munched it consideringly.

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