munchie
nounEtymology An anglicisation of Irish muintir na hAite (literally “people of the place”).
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Ireland A person who lives in a Gaeltacht area of Ireland.
munchie
nounEtymology From munch + -ie.
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Informal A snack.
- Another homemade mix treat that any youngster will love—a big jar filled with Country-style Granola. It can be eaten as a “munchie” or a cereal, or used in a recipe for cookies or apple crisp.1978, Elise W. Manning, “To Cheer a Sick Friend”, in Farm Journal’s Friendly Food Gifts From Your Kitchen, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 38:
- As the handler returns to his dog, have him raise his arm with a delicious munchie visible in his hand, so that the dog gets in the habit of looking up.1984, Barbra Goodman, Pauline Czarnecki, Training Dogs with Common Sense, Galesburg, Ill.: H and S Publications, Inc., →LCCN, page 47:
4 more examples
- This will gratify your longing for a tasty munchie.1993, Jean Paré, Light Recipes (Company’s Coming), Edmonton, Alta.: Company’s Coming Publishing Limited, published 1995, →ISBN, page 20:
- Crunchers eat munchies. On one side of the river there are three munchies and three crunchers. All six have to cross the river. There is only one boat and it has room for two only. At no time must two crunchers be left with one munchie or the munchie gets eaten.1998, Keith Twining, “Cognitive Psychology: How Do We Think?”, in Success in Psychology, London: John Murray, →ISBN, page 205:
- We “graze,” moving from one munchie to the next, stopping to chat when we come upon a fellow grazer.2002, Terry Thompson-Anderson, Texas on the Plate, Fredericksburg, Tex.: Shearer Publishing, →ISBN, page 21:
- If it’s true that you have to hit rock bottom before you can begin to climb back up again, then the nadir of my self-inflicted dining misadventures came about in the small hours of one munchie-ridden night.2005, David Bennun, “Lost in the supermarket”, in British as a Second Language: Travels Among the English, London: Ebury Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 63:
- Derived terms
- munchie box, munchies