: a person who is notably small and often endearing
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“What's wrong, munchkin?” she asked the toddler.
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Plus, Jonathan Bailey looks stoic as Fiyero in his green Emerald City uniform, while Ethan Slater appears as munchkin Boq in a gray getup.—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 3 June 2025 The total recall amounts to more than 2 million cases of doughnuts, fritters, paczki, eclairs and munchkins.—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025 Turba shared that the 5-year-old cat, possibly part munchkin, was once a stray with extreme food anxiety.—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 Move gold tokens around the board to purchase properties from the land of Oz using munchkin homes and emerald castles, collecting Ozian coins along the way.—Kayla Kitts, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for munchkin
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Etymology
the Munchkins, diminutive creatures in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by L. Frank Baum
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