as in crisped
having a hard texture and making a loud sound when chewed or crushed; not soft or mushy
crunchy vegetables crunchy snow These cookies are very crunchy.
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Recent Examples of crunchy
The taste is crunchy, fresh, savory and utterly delicious.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
The meat is diced into small salty pieces, with some pieces being crunchy and others soft.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
The texture is crunchy and chewy and the taste is less sweet.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 7 June 2025
Time has since passed this flavor by, and the explosion of crunchy health elixirs and proper caffeine bombs leaves this relic of the Clinton era in the dust.
—Pete Cottell, Wired News, 12 June 2025
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Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2025
The meat is diced into small salty pieces, with some pieces being crunchy and others soft.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
The texture is crunchy and chewy and the taste is less sweet.
—Fatma Tanis, NPR, 7 June 2025
Time has since passed this flavor by, and the explosion of crunchy health elixirs and proper caffeine bombs leaves this relic of the Clinton era in the dust.
—Pete Cottell, Wired News, 12 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for crunchy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crunchy
Adjective
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Alba paired the dress with a set of crisp white sneakers and carried a small white bag to coordinate with her footwear.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Her finishing technique is crisp and clean, while her line-breaking passes are well-timed and weighted.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Baking With Boris | 2024 | France, Switzerland, Croatia | Maša Avramović | Every morning, Boris the village baker makes a fresh batch of crusty bread and pastries for all his neighbours until…Achoo!—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 June 2025
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Just cheese doing what cheese does best, served with crusty bread.—
David Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2025
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“Crunchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crunchy. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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