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munchies

munchies

30 8.4
A sudden strong desire to eat snacks between meals
  • noun
  • /ˈmʌn.tʃiz/
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  • After smoking, he always gets a strong craving for snacks, which is known as the munchies.

Yeah, I got the munchies for justice.

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Examples

  • And then I smoked up and then I got the munchies and it was so welcome, man.

  • When you get the munchies and you need some more to eat, what are you going to pick pop pockets?

  • It's got the food and the munchies and stuff like that.

  • All I see people do when they smoke is sit on their couch, wash, shut up, eat munchies and fall asleep.

  • OK, A few people still voting more munchies, more Cheetos are the same.

  • - ls that one of those fucking Hostess Munchies hats?

  • Dr. Munchies pizza coupon.

  • Munchies, at 59 N. Main Street, is a restaurant and bakery underneath the Ashland Plaza that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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  • When I feel the munchies kicking in, I usually reach for some popcorn or chips.

  • She satisfied her late-night munchies with a bowl of cereal and some cookies.

Synonyms

appetite
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A desire to eat or to have new experiences

is a sudden stronger craving for snacks between meals

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ravenousness
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munchies
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craving
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to hunger
6 1.2
appetite
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Surface Forms

munchies plural

Morphology

munchies = munch (transparent) = munch + ies

The slang noun is directly derived from 'munch' with an informal nominalizing/plural suffix '-ie/-s', so learners who know 'munch' can infer a craving to eat.

Etymology

Munchies comes from the simple verb munch, which sounds like someone chewing and means 'to chew'. It became a slang word for a sudden, strong desire to eat snacks, often after using cannabis, so munchies are those moments when you really want to eat.