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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries零食
Pronunciation / Transliteration: língshí
"看完电影后，我们都想吃零食，决定点披萨。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A strong desire for snacks or food, often associated with a state of hunger or cravings.
"After the movie, we all had the munchies and decided to order pizza." - 2
A term commonly used to describe the cravings for food that occur after consuming marijuana.
"He got the munchies and raided the kitchen for chips and cookies."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'munchies' is derived from the verb 'munch', which originated in the late 19th century, likely from the dialectal word 'munch', meaning to chew or eat noisily. The playful suffix '-ies' suggests a casual or informal context, often associated with cravings for snacks, particularly when under the influence of cannabis.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Munchies" is said worldwide
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Grignotages
Transliteration: gri-nyo-taʒ
"Après le film, nous avons tous eu des grignotages et avons décidé de commander une pizza."
Snacks
Transliteration: snæks
"Nach dem Film hatten wir alle Hunger auf Snacks und bestellten Pizza."
Spuntini
Transliteration: spun-ti-ni
"Dopo il film, avevamo tutti voglia di spuntini e abbiamo deciso di ordinare una pizza."
Apetitos
Transliteration: ape-ti-tos
"Después de la película, todos tuvimos apetitos y decidimos pedir pizza."
Lanchinhos
Transliteration: lan-chi-nhos
"Depois do filme, todos nós tivemos lanchinhos e decidimos pedir pizza."
नाश्ता
Transliteration: nāshtā
"फिल्म के बाद, हम सभी को नाश्ता करने की इच्छा हुई और हमने पिज्जा ऑर्डर किया।"
零食
Transliteration: língshí
"看完电影后，我们都想吃零食，决定点披萨。"
간식
Transliteration: gansik
"영화를 보고 나서 우리는 모두 간식이 먹고 싶어서 피자를 주문하기로 했습니다."
おやつ
Transliteration: oyatsu
"映画の後、私たちは皆おやつが食べたくなり、ピザを注文することにしました。"
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