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👶 A small child 🧙 A small Oz person 🎲 A rule exploiter 🐈 A short-legged cat
munchkin

munchkin

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A small cat with very short legs because of a natural change in its bones
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌnʧkɪn/
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  • I adopted a Munchkin kitten, and she loves to curl up in my lap.

Examples

  • She's a maybe like a nine week old munchkin Kitty.

  • One Healthy Munchkin recently posted.

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  • We ended up just going to Target to look at different kinds and buy the Munchkin Bath Cradle.

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  • A relatively new breed of cat, the Munchkin seems almost genetically designed for YouTube success—especially when six weeks old.

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  • The Munchkin is a playful breed of cat known for its short legs and friendly temperament.

  • Her Munchkin cat was so small and adorable that everyone wanted to pet her.

Surface Forms

munchkin singular
munchkins plural

Etymology

Munchkin for the cat breed takes its name from the tiny people of Munchkin Country in L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. Breeders used the name because the cats have 'very short legs', so the word now labels that short-legged breed.