"crunchie" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/ Audio: En-au-crunchie.ogg [Australia] Forms: crunchies [plural]
Etymology: From crunchy. Use to refer to infantrymen in Vietnam is from their "crunching" through the jungle brush. Use to refer to white Afrikaners is perhaps from their supposed tendency to eat crunchy food. Etymology templates: {{m|en|crunchy}} crunchy Head templates: {{en-noun}} crunchie (plural crunchies)
  1. A somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar form.
    Sense id: en-crunchie-en-noun-b4gc73Ae
  2. (US Vietnam era military slang, usually in the plural) An infantry soldier, a grunt. Tags: plural-normally Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-crunchie-en-noun-A2ycXNGt Categories (other): American English
  3. (South Africa, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A white Afrikaner. Tags: South-Africa, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-crunchie-en-noun-w0PTS-qE Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, South African English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 16 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: crunchies (english: dry cat food in the form of small pellets), crunchy (english: hippie)

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