munch|ies

munch|ies
munch|ies «MUHN cheez», noun (plural).
1. U.S. Slang. a desire for food.
2. Informal. snack food: »

working through the night and subsisting on coffee and munchies.

[< earlier slang munchie food to munch on, snack]

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