Definition of "crunchy"

crunchy

/ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/

adjective
comparative crunchier, superlative crunchiest
1. Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.
2. (slang) Having sensibilities of a counter-culture nature lover or hippie; derived from the concept of crunchy granola.
noun
plural crunchies
1. (usually in the plural) A pellet of dry cat food.
  Quotations
  Finally she paws a crunchy out of the bowl, bends her head, [and] eats it.
  2008, Bev Cooke, Feral, page 147
  He picked a single crunchy up in his mouth and munched it consideringly.
  2013, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, Fledgling, Second Edition
2. (military slang) an infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank)
  Quotations
  "Inside, tankers carry full-length M16s for crew protection from crunchies."
  2009, James Wesley Rawles, Patriots: Surviving the Coming Collapse
  Since tankers are no brighter than infantry types, those men assigned to the Twelfth Infantry Division's armored unit thought their tour was a bitter waste, rather than being grateful for not getting wiped out nearly as regularly as the crunchies did.
  2009, Chris Bunch, Allan cole, A Reckoning For Kings: A Novel of Vietnam