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Crunchy

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi

Definitions

  1. A pellet of dry cat food.
    plural-normally
  2. An infantryman, as opposed to a tanker (combatant manning a tank).

Equivalents

15 more languages
العربيةمقسّب
Catalàcruixent
Ελληνικάτραγανιστός
Suomirapea
Galegocrocante
Magyarropogós
Italianocroccante
Portuguêscrocante
Românăcrocant
Русскийхрустя́щий
Українськахрумкийхрусткий

Examples

Finally she paws a crunchy out of the bowl, bends her head, [and] eats it.”
“He picked a single crunchy up in his mouth and munched it consideringly.”
“"Inside, tankers carry full-length M16s for crew protection from crunchies."”
Since tankers are no brighter than infantry types, those men assigned to the Twelfth Infantry Division's armored unit thought their tour was a bitter waste, rather than being grateful for not getting wiped out nearly as regularly as the crunchies did.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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