Definition of "munchy"

They left together, and as they were buckling into the Blazer, his father asked, “ Do you want to tell me now or go to The CoffeeHouse and get a munchy first?”

2007, Cindy McClure, Mystery Under the Magnolia Tree, page 53

“I just stocked up the fridge with pop and there's candy bars in the cabinet, if you need a munchy.”

2010, Jinna Dodds, Light Song, page 64

You never nibbled at munchier brownies than these.

1932 February, Baker’s Chocolate, “Three Chocolate Praise-Winners that make guests say “Do give me your recipe””, in Ladies’ Home Journal, volume XLIX, number 2, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company, page 44

And every slice will be the munchiest, tastiest toast you’ve ever eaten!

1951 May 14, General Electric, ““Tailored Toast” to suit your taste!”, in LIFE, Chicago, Ill.: TIME Inc., page 13

Topped with fresh or stewed fruit, sugar and milk, WEET-BIX is the munchiest, crunchiest, most downright delicious breakfast you’ve ever tasted.

1960 September 14, Weet-Bix, “Happy idea for better family breakfasts”, in The Australian Women’s Weekly, volume 28, number 15, Sydney, N.S.W., page 34

Italian crust—crunchier, munchier, flakier by far.

1960 October 6, Contadina, “turn italian tonight with contadina pizza mix—and save 25¢!”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 82, number 276, St. Louis, Mo., page 12E

One day Little Cow said to her mother, “I’m going over to the other mountain. The grass is munchier over there.”

1963, Jeanette Krinsley, “The Cow Went Over the Mountain”, in Little Golden Book Classics: Three Best-Loved Tales‎, New York, N.Y.: Golden Books; Racine, Wis.: Western Publishing Company, Inc., published 1992

The crunchiest, munchiest candy you ever tasted.

1965 November 11, Kessler’s, “Barricini makes the crunchiest Butter Krunge in the world!”, in Pottstown Mercury, volume 35, number 38, Pottstown, Pa.: Pottstown Daily News Publishing Company, page thirty-eight

By making it smaller, we’ve baked in a munchier, crunchier, nutlikier taste.

1966 August 28, Nabisco, “We thought there was nothing we could do to improve Spoon Size Shredded Wheat”, in Parade (Independent-Press-Telegram, volume 14, number 51), Long Beach, Calif., page 13

They’re the crunchiest, munchiest, tastiest dill pickle there is.

1977 November 2, Vlasic, “10¢ off on the World’s Best Pickle. Vlasic’s New Deli Dills.”, in The Pleasanton Times, volume 92, number 218, Pleasanton, Calif., page 14

CRUNCHY, MUNCHY, FRESH, ’N GOOD / When you bite into a Del Taco taco, you bite into one of the world’s greatest tacos. Honest! You won’t find a crunchier, munchier, fresher taco anywhere!

1979, Del Taco, “Crunchy, Munchy, Fresh, ’n Good”, in Los Angeles Rams 1979 Media Guide‎, Anaheim, Calif.

The A-Z of the munchiest biscuits you can set your teeth into.

1979, Britannia, “Encyclopaedia Britannia”, in The Times of India Directory & Yearbook, Including Who’s Who, Bombay: The Times of India Press, page 436

Pretzels are a personal taste, and everyone has their favorite. But ours is unique. We think it’s the crunchiest and munchiest of the bunch.

1984, Suzanne Munshower, The Status Shopper’s Guide to the Big Pretzel, Reading, PA., Outlet Capital of the World, Wyomissing, Pa.: Weekender Books, The Answer Group, page 4

Soon he was rolling so fast that he almost missed his next meal! It was another tasty sign. He swerved and snatched a mouthful. “Even munchier!” he said to himself.

1985, Keith Nicholson, Lyn Wendon, Munching Mike’s Mistake (The Letterland Storybooks), Twickenham: Hamlyn/Templar, page 8

B&W ads are visually whispering to us about—what else?—the past. The past as (1) warm and funny. By intercutting old Dragnet clips with current material, Tostitos gets munchier.

1985 November 5, “In Living B&W”, in Leslie Savan, The Sponsored Life: Ads, TV, and American Culture, Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, published 1994, page 25

“Oh, no! Please don’t eat me!” begged the second billy goat. “Why bother with just a meaningless mouthful when there’s a much bigger, munchier morsel coming along right behind me?”

1987, Jim Lawrence, The Three Billy Goats Gruff‎, New York, N.Y.: Modern Publishing, Unisystems, Inc.

Good brown rice, though, does provide a different flavour and texture – nuttier and munchier.

1988, Michael Barry [pseudonym; Michael Bukht], “Grains, Pulses and Pasta”, in The Complete Crafty Cook Book, London: Collins, page 69

Our bread is the best, our soups and sausages are the most savoury, our cakes the creamiest, our fruit the finest, our buns the biggest, our muffins the munchiest.

1992, Joan Aiken, “Barmkins are best”, in The Much Better Story Book, London: Red Fox, Random House Children’s Books, section 7 (‘A massive munch!’ (Food)), page 130

He showered, shaved and ate. He got to look munchier and munchier and Kate had to remind herself that he was a real, unpredictable man and not some male plaything available for her delectation.

1993, Saskia Hope, No Lady, London: Black Lace, published 1994, page 24

Friday afternoon, the lunch bell just rang, / I sat down at a table with the lunch gang. / I opened my bag to see what I got, / Yeah! All the kids cheered. / I got the best, the greatest, / The crunchiest, the munchiest, / The cheesiest, the pleasiest, / Doritos.

2003, Elizabeth Erickson, “Doritos”, in A Celebration of Young Poets: Northeast – Fall 2003, Logan, Ut.: Creative Communication, Inc., published 2004, page 173

Inside the shed, a small van that proclaimed its sandwiches were the ‘munchiest in town’.

2004, David Wolstencroft, Good News, Bad News, London: Hodder & Stoughton, page 245

biscuits are crunchier / popcorn is munchier / bananas are bunchier / everything’s better with you

2011, Jan Dean, “Everything’s Better With You”, in Brian Moses, Best of Enemies, Best of Friends, London: Wayland, Hachette Children’s Books, page 90