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
Remove any plants or stalks that are dried out, brown, and crunchy.
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Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
The ground is thick with pine needles and crunchy with cones.
—Michael Hanson, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Bird flu, be damned, Americans want their crunchy chicken.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Customers will get the chance to add Pop Tart pieces to a strawberry swirl, crunchy toffee pieces to caramel, or Oreo pieces to brownie batter.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025
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Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
The ground is thick with pine needles and crunchy with cones.
—Michael Hanson, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Bird flu, be damned, Americans want their crunchy chicken.
—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Customers will get the chance to add Pop Tart pieces to a strawberry swirl, crunchy toffee pieces to caramel, or Oreo pieces to brownie batter.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crunchy
Adjective
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The settlement elicited a crisp rebuke from Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw, a member of the commission’s Democratic minority.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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The crust reminded me of a puff pastry; super crisp yet light and flakey on the outside, and soft and almost steamed on the inside.—
Kaitlyn Rosati,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Tear hunks from a crusty loaf of bread and dunk them into the chile-tinged butter.—
Betty Hallock,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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He’s given the Heisman by a crusty old coot guarding the entrance.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Crunchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crunchy. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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