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Crunchy

//ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten.

    "I put some lettuce in the burger to make it more crunchy."

  2. 2
    Having counter-culture sensibilities; nature-loving or hippie; wholesome, health-conscious. figuratively, slang

    "San Francisco was a very crunchy town."

  3. 3
    Of a chord, containing dissonant intervals. informal
  4. 4
    Of an image, pixelated, grainy, or exhibiting blocking, often as a result of oversharpening, a low resolution, or aggressively applied lossy image compression. informal

    "This can result in the image looking very crunchy as pixels are skipped - especially if you choose the "Fit" option in the Magnification popup. Don't panic; your final image won't look that bad[…]"

Noun
  1. 1
    A pellet of dry cat food. plural-normally

    "Finally she paws a crunchy out of the bowl, bends her head, [and] eats it."

  2. 2
    An infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank). slang

    ""Inside, tankers carry full-length M16s for crew protection from crunchies.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From crunch + -y. The slang sense is derived from the concept of crunchy granola.

Etymology 2

From crunch + -y. The slang sense is derived from the concept of crunchy granola.

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