English edit

Etymology edit

Blend of drunk +‎ munchies

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹʌnt͡ʃiz/
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Noun edit

drunchies pl (plural only)

  1. (slang) A craving for food as a result of alcohol consumption.
    Hypernym: munchies
    • 2011, Cobun Keegan, Greg Lestikow, Jennifer Small, Colorado College 2012:
      Free midnight breakfast at Rastall is put on once a block (which is fantastic for people with drunchies, or just people who could use some pancakes without using dining dollars).
    • 2013, Reece Gesumaria, Memoirs of an American Gypsy, page 109:
      We begin our trek home, still drinking Sternburg Export [] and the remaining Mate-Wodka. [] These soldiers are extremely hungry so we stop not once, not twice, but five times for cheap street food. Serious drunchies.