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munchies

munch·ies/ˈmʌn(t)ʃiz/noun

munchies is spelled M-U-N-C-H-I-E-S: 8 letters and 2 syllables (munch·ies). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, munchies means “Food, especially convenience snack foods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in munchies?

Letters8: M-U-N-C-H-I-E-S
Syllables2: munch·ies
In writingabout once in every 2 million words; the 40,703rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is munchies?

Munchies appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce munchies?

  • UK /ˈmʌn(t)ʃiːz/
  • US /ˈmʌn(t)ʃiz/

Munchies has 2 syllables, split munch·ies in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-munchies.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of munchies

  • munchie singular
  • munchy singular

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does munchies mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    slangFood, especially convenience snack foods.

  2. 2

    slangHunger, especially a craving for food as a result of alcohol or cannabis consumption.

    I've got the munchies.

  3. 3

    slangCannabis edibles.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Munchies in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
GermanKnabberzeug (convenience snack foods), Heißhunger (hunger), Fressflash (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis)
Spanishapetencia (hunger), bajón (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis)
Frenchfoncedalle (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis)
Portugueselarica (craving for food as a result of use of cannabis)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does munchies come from?

From munchie /munchy + -s.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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