crunchyadj.

/ˈkrʌnʃi/

Etymology: < crunch v. or crunch n. + -y suffix¹.

Fit for crunching or for being crunched; crisp.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > crisp

crisp1530

crispy1611

cassant1725

crisped1769

snappish1833

crackly1859

crunchable1906

crunchy1929

1929 Daily Express 3 Jan. 5 The crispest and crunchiest of nuts from Brazil.

1971 Woman's Own 6 Feb. 3 (advt.) Crisp and crunchy biscuits.

Derivatives

ˈcrunchiness n. the quality of being crunchy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility > crispness

crispness1656

crispinessa1665

crimpness1699

crispature1745

crunchiness1892

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] > specific quality

crunchiness1892

1892 W. Besant in Pictorial World 6 Feb. 434/2 Showing molars of a whiteness and crunchiness both beautiful and awful.

1928 Daily Express 14 June 4 The ripe-corn flavour and delightful ‘crunchiness’..make it unusually tempting.

1960 News Chron. 12 Oct. 8/2 The crisp crunchiness of a breakfast cereal.

Draft additions March 2003

figurative.

a. Of harmonies (esp. vocal harmonies): harmonically complex or unconventional; dissonant.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > inharmonious or unmelodious

discordanta1425

jarring1552

dissonant1573

tuneless1595

discordous1597

immelodious1601

discord1606

absurd1617

unharmoniousa1634

scrannel1638

unmelodious1665

disharmonious1683

disharmonical1688

unharmonic1694

dissonous1715

inharmonious1715

disconsonant1731

anti-musical1824

ear-sore1859

tin-kettley1862

cacophonous1867

unnoted1867

callithumpian1886

tinny1904

crunchy1959

1959 N.Y. Times 3 May ii. 11/2 A strong rhythmical drive as sharply defined as that of the metronome would need no special translation for any alert American musician, nor would the fine specimens of ‘crunchy’ percussive harmony.

1990 Folk Roots Aug. 33/1 It's full of what I would describe as crunchy harmonies, rather ‘difficult’ sounds.

2001 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 Jan. c2 Kenton and his arrangers were using avant-garde harmonic concepts that hadn't yet found their way into jazz or pop music. It was the delicious, crunchy harmonies that he used.., back then our ears were running to catch up with his adventurous concepts.

b. Of rock music or chords (esp. produced by a guitar): having a crisp, distorted sound (typically produced by an overdriven amplifier or by an effects pedal replicating such a sound).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop

metal?1518

anthemic1890

Afro-Latin-American1900

sun-kissed1907

heavy1937

Latin American1937

Memphis1938

sun-drenched1943

indie1945

rockish1955

hardcore1957

doo-wop1958

middle of the road1959

Latin1962

straight-ahead1964

easy listening1965

Motown1965

funky1967

post-rock1967

rocky1967

rock-out1968

funkadelic1969

funked out1970

grungy1971

punk1971

grunge1972

Philly1972

dub1973

drum and bass1975

disco funky1976

punkish1976

reggaefied1976

Britpop1977

post-punk1977

anarcho-punk1979

rap1980

trash rock1980

crunchy1981

industrial1981

New Romantic1981

rockist1981

garage1982

hip-hop1982

thrashy1982

urban1982

Gothic1983

hip-hopping1983

beat-box1984

lo-fi1986

technoid1986

hip-house1987

acid house1988

new jack1988

old school1988

techno1988

baggy1990

banging1990

gangsta1990

filthy1991

handbaggy1991

nu skool1991

sampladelic1991

junglist1993

1981 Washington Post 19 Nov. c12/3 ‘Find Another Fool’ toughens up the formula a bit with crunchy hard rock guitar.

1994 Guitarist Sept. 92/2 These can range from a nice crunchy psychobilly effects [sic], complete with realistic slap back echo, right up to some scary sounding Steve Vai-style long delay/heavy distortion sounds.

2002 Bath Chron. (Electronic ed.) 8 May The album is a psychedelic combination of memorable melodies, grainy lo-fi vocals, pop harmonies and crunchy guitar held together by deceptively effective keyboards and a knowing rhythm section.

Draft additions March 2003

crunchy-granola n. and adj. North American (a) n. (also with capital initial), a breakfast cereal popularized in health food stores and cooperatives in the early 1970s; (b) adj. (in extended use) relating to or characterized by ecological awareness, liberal political views, and an interest in ‘natural’ products and health foods, esp. in a manner seen as conforming to a social stereotype; see granola n.

ΚΠ

1970 N.Y. Times 4 Oct. x. 1/2 They took great interest in our low-budget dinners of brown rice, vegetables and the health cereal called Crunchy Granola.

1984 M. Atwood in N.Y. Times 9 Sept. xx. 33/5 The hippies, with their crunchy-granola back-to-earth healthiness and blue-jean uniforms, were an American invention.

1997 Restaurant Hospitality (Electronic ed.) Mar. 18 The sexy-cool thing to have for breakfast morphed from crunchy granola to fruit-filled yogurt to a bagel with a schmeer.

1999 Abilities (Toronto) Winter 17/3 He was crunchy-granola and gruff and tough.

Draft additions March 2003

North American. [Perhaps short for crunchy-granola n. and adj. at Additions] Relating to or characterized by ecological awareness, liberal political views, and an interest in ‘natural’ products and health foods, esp. in a manner seen as conforming to a social stereotype. See granola n.

ΚΠ

1982 A. Lane & W. Crawford Vals (film script for ‘Valley Girls’, rev. draft) 51 (stage direct.) Most of the business is vitamins, minerals and healthy snacks. But the small sandwich bar is quite popular with the smoothy and crunchy sandwich set.

1992 Boston Globe (Nexis) 25 Sept. 60 An image just baby-boom crunchy enough to be environmentally in without alienating the heartland with tree-hugging extremism.

1994 Vibe Nov. 144 Of course, well-meaning, crunchy, Afro-cult-natural-peace-loving B-boys can be tiresome and oppressive as well.

2001 Organic Style Sept.–Oct. 18 The environmental movement, however well intentioned, tends to be—dare I say it—crunchy, exclusive, and more than a little holier-than-thou.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	crunchy
释义	crunchyadj. /ˈkrʌnʃi/ Etymology: < crunch v. or crunch n. + -y suffix¹. Fit for crunching or for being crunched; crisp. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adjective] > brittle or fragile > crisp crisp1530 crispy1611 cassant1725 crisped1769 snappish1833 crackly1859 crunchable1906 crunchy1929 1929 Daily Express 3 Jan. 5 The crispest and crunchiest of nuts from Brazil. 1971 Woman's Own 6 Feb. 3 (advt.) Crisp and crunchy biscuits. Derivatives ˈcrunchiness n. the quality of being crunchy. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [noun] > brittleness or fragility > crispness crispness1656 crispinessa1665 crimpness1699 crispature1745 crunchiness1892 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > tooth or teeth > [noun] > specific quality crunchiness1892 1892 W. Besant in Pictorial World 6 Feb. 434/2 Showing molars of a whiteness and crunchiness both beautiful and awful. 1928 Daily Express 14 June 4 The ripe-corn flavour and delightful ‘crunchiness’..make it unusually tempting. 1960 News Chron. 12 Oct. 8/2 The crisp crunchiness of a breakfast cereal. Draft additions March 2003 figurative. a. Of harmonies (esp. vocal harmonies): harmonically complex or unconventional; dissonant. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > inharmonious or unmelodious discordanta1425 jarring1552 dissonant1573 tuneless1595 discordous1597 immelodious1601 discord1606 absurd1617 unharmoniousa1634 scrannel1638 unmelodious1665 disharmonious1683 disharmonical1688 unharmonic1694 dissonous1715 inharmonious1715 disconsonant1731 anti-musical1824 ear-sore1859 tin-kettley1862 cacophonous1867 unnoted1867 callithumpian1886 tinny1904 crunchy1959 1959 N.Y. Times 3 May ii. 11/2 A strong rhythmical drive as sharply defined as that of the metronome would need no special translation for any alert American musician, nor would the fine specimens of ‘crunchy’ percussive harmony. 1990 Folk Roots Aug. 33/1 It's full of what I would describe as crunchy harmonies, rather ‘difficult’ sounds. 2001 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 6 Jan. c2 Kenton and his arrangers were using avant-garde harmonic concepts that hadn't yet found their way into jazz or pop music. It was the delicious, crunchy harmonies that he used.., back then our ears were running to catch up with his adventurous concepts. b. Of rock music or chords (esp. produced by a guitar): having a crisp, distorted sound (typically produced by an overdriven amplifier or by an effects pedal replicating such a sound). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop metal?1518 anthemic1890 Afro-Latin-American1900 sun-kissed1907 heavy1937 Latin American1937 Memphis1938 sun-drenched1943 indie1945 rockish1955 hardcore1957 doo-wop1958 middle of the road1959 Latin1962 straight-ahead1964 easy listening1965 Motown1965 funky1967 post-rock1967 rocky1967 rock-out1968 funkadelic1969 funked out1970 grungy1971 punk1971 grunge1972 Philly1972 dub1973 drum and bass1975 disco funky1976 punkish1976 reggaefied1976 Britpop1977 post-punk1977 anarcho-punk1979 rap1980 trash rock1980 crunchy1981 industrial1981 New Romantic1981 rockist1981 garage1982 hip-hop1982 thrashy1982 urban1982 Gothic1983 hip-hopping1983 beat-box1984 lo-fi1986 technoid1986 hip-house1987 acid house1988 new jack1988 old school1988 techno1988 baggy1990 banging1990 gangsta1990 filthy1991 handbaggy1991 nu skool1991 sampladelic1991 junglist1993 1981 Washington Post 19 Nov. c12/3 ‘Find Another Fool’ toughens up the formula a bit with crunchy hard rock guitar. 1994 Guitarist Sept. 92/2 These can range from a nice crunchy psychobilly effects [sic], complete with realistic slap back echo, right up to some scary sounding Steve Vai-style long delay/heavy distortion sounds. 2002 Bath Chron. (Electronic ed.) 8 May The album is a psychedelic combination of memorable melodies, grainy lo-fi vocals, pop harmonies and crunchy guitar held together by deceptively effective keyboards and a knowing rhythm section. Draft additions March 2003 crunchy-granola n. and adj. North American (a) n. (also with capital initial), a breakfast cereal popularized in health food stores and cooperatives in the early 1970s; (b) adj. (in extended use) relating to or characterized by ecological awareness, liberal political views, and an interest in ‘natural’ products and health foods, esp. in a manner seen as conforming to a social stereotype; see granola n. ΚΠ 1970 N.Y. Times 4 Oct. x. 1/2 They took great interest in our low-budget dinners of brown rice, vegetables and the health cereal called Crunchy Granola. 1984 M. Atwood in N.Y. Times 9 Sept. xx. 33/5 The hippies, with their crunchy-granola back-to-earth healthiness and blue-jean uniforms, were an American invention. 1997 Restaurant Hospitality (Electronic ed.) Mar. 18 The sexy-cool thing to have for breakfast morphed from crunchy granola to fruit-filled yogurt to a bagel with a schmeer. 1999 Abilities (Toronto) Winter 17/3 He was crunchy-granola and gruff and tough. Draft additions March 2003 North American. [Perhaps short for crunchy-granola n. and adj. at Additions] Relating to or characterized by ecological awareness, liberal political views, and an interest in ‘natural’ products and health foods, esp. in a manner seen as conforming to a social stereotype. See granola n. ΚΠ 1982 A. Lane & W. Crawford Vals (film script for ‘Valley Girls’, rev. draft) 51 (stage direct.) Most of the business is vitamins, minerals and healthy snacks. But the small sandwich bar is quite popular with the smoothy and crunchy sandwich set. 1992 Boston Globe (Nexis) 25 Sept. 60 An image just baby-boom crunchy enough to be environmentally in without alienating the heartland with tree-hugging extremism. 1994 Vibe Nov. 144 Of course, well-meaning, crunchy, Afro-cult-natural-peace-loving B-boys can be tiresome and oppressive as well. 2001 Organic Style Sept.–Oct. 18 The environmental movement, however well intentioned, tends to be—dare I say it—crunchy, exclusive, and more than a little holier-than-thou. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1892
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