hungries
(slang) Hunger or cravings for food.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(slang) Hunger or cravings for food.
"At my age, I'm lucky to get the hungries at all," he answered
Origin: A fanciful plural of hungry. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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