A domestic cat breed with short legs.
Used in a Sentence
munchkin
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for munchkin.
Editorial note
The Munchkin card game suggests using pennies to keep track of your hp.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A domestic cat breed with short legs.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of munchkin gathered in one view.
Alternative letter-case form of Munchkin (“domestic cat breed”). [A domestic cat breed with short legs.]
(informal) A child.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for munchkin.
noun
A domestic cat breed with short legs.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Munchkin (“domestic cat breed”). [A domestic cat breed with short legs.]
noun
(informal) A child.
noun
(informal) A person of very short stature.
Example sentences
The Munchkin card game suggests using pennies to keep track of your hp.
When I played back in the mid-90s, creatures were incredibly underpowered: easy to kill, and great for fun/munchkin play (Force of Nature!
The Munchkin decision continues to be debated.
Although I'm not so sure about the munchkin remark.
There are so many various conditions, so many ways things interact, so many ways to build a character badly that you basically have to be a munchkin to build something playable.
Author specified that he would never, ever allow most of the munchkin tricks he wrote about in a game that he DM'd, but since crazy munchkin tricks are the source of a lot of the humor in the writing, he left them in the fiction.
(Also, I'd like a pet unicorn for the munchkin.) The problem seems to be around the preliminary numbers and how widely they get reported.
I prefer the spirit of the law to be defended instead of a whole system of gaming technicalities, really don't like the whole vibe of playing Munchkin the USA has in its legal system.
Not because I don't have the money, not because I prefer everything free like a happy little munchkin, but because I loathe them for creating the best IDE for ruby and keeping it paywalled for 10+ years despite java/kotlin and python editors having community versions.
Quote examples
The setting was originally designed for a tabletop RPG, and the characters often act like rule-exploiting "munchkin" gamers.
Simchowitz is basically a "munchkin middleman" who blithely ignores said conventions and traditions and addresses a different class of consumers.
It appears the "munchkin.js" helper is the most likely candidate.
If you munchkin a string of infinite wishes don't act all surprised when your DM just says no (or if they're a particularly good DM, "yes, but").
Proper noun examples
Munchkin Report is my personal Bingo Card Creator (h/t patio11).
It is like an online RTS mixed with Munchkin.
If you're open to a card-based game, I think highly of Munchkin.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use munchkin in a sentence?
The Munchkin card game suggests using pennies to keep track of your hp.
What does munchkin mean?
A domestic cat breed with short legs.
What part of speech is munchkin?
munchkin is commonly used as noun.