CRUNCHY meaning: Crisp, firm texture when bitten

We found 23 dictionaries that define the word crunchy:

General (17 matching dictionaries)

crunchy: Merriam-Webster
crunchy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
crunchy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
crunchy: Collins English Dictionary
Crunchy, crunchy: Wordnik
crunchy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
crunchy: Wiktionary
crunchy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
crunchy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
crunchy: Infoplease Dictionary
crunchy: Dictionary.com
crunchy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
crunchy: Rhymezone
crunchy: TheFreeDictionary.com
crunchy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

crunchy: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
crunchy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

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Slang (3 matching dictionaries)

Crunchy (offensive): Racial Slur Database
crunchy, crunchy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
crunchy: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ adjective:  Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
▸ adjective:  (figurative, slang) Having counter-culture sensibilities; nature-loving or hippie; wholesome.
▸ adjective:  (music, informal) Of a chord, containing dissonant intervals.
▸ adjective:  (informal) Of an image, pixelated, grainy, or exhibiting blocking, often as a result of oversharpening, a low resolution, or aggressively applied lossy image compression.
▸ noun:  (usually in the plural) A pellet of dry cat food.
▸ noun:  (military slang) An infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank).

Similar:

crisp, fresh, firm, crispy, Crumby, munchy, chewy, crinky, crumply, crackly, more...

Opposite:

soft, smooth, mushy, tender, yielding

Types:

chips, popcorn, cereal, nuts, crackers, pretzels, more...

Phrases:

crunchy granola, Crunchy Black, Crunchy Frog, crunchy breakfast, crunchy sandwich, more...

Adjectives:

little, extra, more, longer, bamboo

Colors:

goldenrod, caramel, chestnut, amber, honey, more...