hungries

See also: Hungries

English

Etymology

A fanciful plural of hungry

Noun

hungries pl (plural only)

1. (slang) Hunger or cravings for food.
   • 1993, Henry St. Clair Whitehead, Robert Ervin Howard, To sleep, perchance to dream ... nightmare: thirty terrifying tales‎:

     "At my age, I'm lucky to get the hungries at all," he answered

   • 1990, Mary Joan Oexmann, The Heart Factor Food Plan‎:

     You have just been attacked by the hungries!

Anagrams

• Heurings, ushering