Definition of "munchies" []

• Slang Food for snacking. (noun-plural)
• Slang A craving for snack foods. Often used with the: an attack of the munchies. (noun-plural)

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• "There is breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon munchies from the canteen, tea and supper."
• "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."
• "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."