Definition of "munchie"
munchie1
noun
plural munchies
Quotations
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., page 38
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, page 205
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, page 63
Creamcheese can be substituted for Brie for an equally tasty munchie.
2006, More Good Thymes in the Kitchen: An Expanded Collection of Recipes from The Thyme Garden, Alsea, Ore.: The Thyme Garden Herb Company, page 30
Eaten alone as a munchie, added to tonic teas, or in tincture, all these sweet berries are superb.
2022, Rachel Lord, “The Hepato-Biliary System”, in Clinical Herbalism: Plant Wisdom from East and West, St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier, part IV (Case Histories: Therapeutics and Formulations), page 304, column 2