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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Food for snacking.
- noun plural A craving for snack foods. Often used with the:
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- noun slang Food, especially convenience snack foods.
- noun slang, always with "the" Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of
cannabis oralcohol consumption.
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Examples
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There is breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon munchies from the canteen, tea and supper.
Craft Kylie Willison 2006
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There is breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon munchies from the canteen, tea and supper.
Archive 2006-11-01 Kylie Willison 2006
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Trips to the cafeteria for the late night "munchies"--mozarella sticks and pepperoni pizza, my college diet staple--where I would gaze at cafeteria boy and hope I didn't look like a complete moron.
Archive 2009-11-01 floreta 2009
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Trips to the cafeteria for the late night "munchies"--mozarella sticks and pepperoni pizza, my college diet staple--where I would gaze at cafeteria boy and hope I didn't look like a complete moron.
Marijuana floreta 2009
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I think it’s funny that our breakfast at Blue Fin, while tasty, was ten times more expensive and a thousand times saltier than our buffet munchies from the Diamond six doors down.
Random Thoughts About New York City That Were Probably Too Long For Twitter 2007
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I think it’s funny that our breakfast at Blue Fin, while tasty, was ten times more expensive and a thousand times saltier than our buffet munchies from the Diamond six doors down.
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After all, besides helping people relax and feel less anxious in many cases, marijuana can trigger the "munchies" -- a desire to consume food, especially junk food.
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In my mish-mash American family, we do the same thing, only we call it "munchies."; oD In fact, on Christmas Day all we have are munchies because no one is hungry for a meal after snacking constantly all day.
Thanksgiving Antipasto regina doman 2007
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By blocking the marijuana receptors ... if the munchies are a side effect of a drug that makes people feel good, it's hardly surprising that feeling worse would be a side effect of a drug that blocks those receptors.
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The lead researcher, Wendy Wismer of the University of Alberta, said it's no secret that healthy people who use cannabis get the "munchies" - what essentially amounts to a boost in their appetite.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Paul Taylor 2011
oroboros commented on the word munchies
Oh no! I've got the munchies *rooting through freezer for ice cream*.
September 30, 2007