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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Making a crunching or cracking sound, as when chewed; crisp.
  • adjective Slang Crunchy-granola.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten
  • adjective slang having sensibilities of a counter-culture nature lover or hippie; derived from the concept of crunchy granola.

Etymologies

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crunch +‎ -y

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