crunchy

American  

[kruhn-chee] / ˈkrʌn tʃi /

adjective

crunchier, crunchiest

1. crisp; brittle.

2. Slang. crunchy-granola.

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Other Word Forms

• crunchily adverb
• crunchiness noun

Etymology

Origin of crunchy

First recorded in 1890–95; crunch + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Titled Eins, Zwei, Drei, it's an overstuffed sandwich of a song - full of chanted hooks and crunchy keyboards that deliberately avoids the polished pop of previous entries.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

And so, slowly, then all at once, I gave myself over to the wisdom of “2.0 pet parents”—the crunchy dog moms of a movement to make animals healthy again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

At the lone, crunchy macrobiotic restaurant that continues to exist, stubbornly, as the city grows sleeker and more expensive around it.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

“After all, you still have to have your crunchy fries, right?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025

That night for dinner, they were given rice that was mostly barley and grains that made it crunchy.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh