"munchies" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌnt͡ʃiz/ Audio: En-au-munchies.ogg [Australia] Forms: munchie [singular], munchy [singular]
enPR: mŭn'chiz Etymology: munchy + -s Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|munchy|s}} munchy + -s Head templates: {{en-noun|p|sg=munchie|sg2=munchy}} munchies pl (normally plural, singular munchie or munchy)
  1. (slang) Food, especially convenience snack foods. Tags: plural, plural-normally, slang Categories (topical): Food and drink Translations (snack foods): Knabberzeug [neuter] (German), заку́ски (zakúski) [feminine, plural] (Russian), закуска (zakuska) [feminine] (Russian), abur cubur (Turkish), nevale (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-munchies-en-noun-EQxboN8L Disambiguation of Food and drink: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 36 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'snack foods': 86 14
  2. (slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption. Tags: plural, plural-normally, slang Translations (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis): boefkik [masculine] (Dutch), foncedalle [feminine, slang] (French), Fressflash [masculine, slang] (German), fame chimica [feminine] (Italian), gastrofaza [feminine] (Polish), larica [feminine] (Portuguese), голодня́к (golodnják) [masculine, slang] (Russian), жор (žor) [masculine, slang] (Russian), bajón [masculine] (Spanish) Translations (hunger): Heißhunger [masculine] (German), wilczy głód [masculine] (Polish), gastrofaza [feminine] (Polish), го́лод (gólod) [masculine] (Russian), açlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-munchies-en-noun-Scnkesl3 Disambiguation of 'craving for food as a result of use of cannabis': 17 83 Disambiguation of 'hunger': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: drunchies

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