crunchy
[ kruhn-chee ]
/ ˈkrʌn tʃi /
adjective, crunch·i·er, crunch·i·est.
crisp; brittle.
Sometimes crunchy granola. Informal. health-conscious and environmentally aware: one of those crunchy guys who insists on biking to work.
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Nearby words
crunch, crunch numbers, crunch time, cruncher, crunchie, crunchy, crunchy-granola, crunk, crunode, cruor, crupper
Related formscrunch·i·ly, adverbcrunch·i·ness, noun
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Word Origin and History for crunchy
crunchy
1892, from crunch + -y (2). Student slang sense of "annoyingly intense about health or environmental issues" is by 1990, short for crunchy granola (considered as natural and wholesome); not entirely pejorative at first. Related: Crunchiness.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper