munchies

munchy +‎ -s

• enPR: mŭn'chiz, IPA^(key): /ˈmʌnt͡ʃiz/

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munchies pl (plural only)

1. (slang) Food, especially convenience snack foods.
2. (slang, with the definite article) Hunger, especially a craving for food as a result of cannabis or alcohol consumption.
   • 1993, “Player’s Ball”, performed by OutKast:

     I got the munchies, we got the Mary Jane in the Dungeon / Just to let you niggas know in '93, that's how we coming

   • 2018 February 8, Daniel Victor, “A Girl Scout Sold 300 Boxes of Cookies Near a Marijuana Shop”, in New York Times‎:

     The girl, who has not been publicly identified, sold more than 300 boxes in six hours, her father told ABC 10. Boxes now sell for as much as $5 in parts of the country, so she probably raised more than $1,500. Yes, there’s money in the munchies.

   I've got the munchies.

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