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munchies en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈmʌn(t)ʃiz/ (General-American)
• /ˈmʌn(t)ʃiːz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• mŭn'chiz (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English munchie /munchy Middle English -es English -s English munchies From munchie /munchy + -s.

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-normally, slang) Food, especially convenience snack foods.
   • We were given the first name of the host, the address of the apartment and told to bring whatever toys we wanted. Beer and munchies would be on hand. 1988 May 7, Christopher Wittke, “It Takes Two To Tango”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
2. (plural, plural-normally, slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of alcohol or cannabis consumption.
   • I've got the munchies.
   • The girl, who has not been publicly identified, sold more than 300 boxes in six hours, her father told ABC 10. Boxes now sell for as much as $5 in parts of the country, so she probably raised more than $1,500. Yes, there’s money in the munchies. 2018 February 8, Daniel Victor, “A Girl Scout sold 300 boxes of cookies near a marijuana shop”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • I got the munchies, we got the Mary Jane in the Dungeon / Just to let you niggas know in '93, that's how we coming 1993, “Player’s Ball”, performed by OutKast:
3. (plural, plural-normally, slang) Cannabis edibles.

Forms

Deriveds

midnight munchies · drunchies

Translations (20)

pl gastrofaza (hunger) · fr foncedalle (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis) · ru закуска (convenience snack foods) · es bajón (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis) · ru заку́ски (convenience snack foods) · pt larica (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis) · de Fressflash (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis) · de Knabberzeug (convenience snack foods) · pl gastrofaza (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis) · nl boefkik (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis) · tr nevale (convenience snack foods) · ru го́лод (hunger) · ru жор (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis) · pl wilczy głód (hunger) · ru голодня́к (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis) · tr açlık (hunger) · it fame chimica (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis) · de Heißhunger (hunger) · tr abur cubur (convenience snack foods) · es apetencia (hunger)