がりがり

crunching

Meanings

がりがり · ガリガリ

  1. adverb, adverb taking と, onomatopoeia crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; scraping; scratching
  2. na-adjective, onomatopoeia hard and crunchy
  3. onomatopoeia very skinny; emaciated; all skin and bones

がりがり · ガリガリ

  1. adverb, adverb taking と, onomatopoeia, usually in kana focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely
  2. na-adjective, onomatopoeia, usually in kana selfish; self-serving

In sentences

あの子こ、ガリガリね。 That boy is skinny. #11157343

彼女かのじょはがりがりに痩やせている。 She is all skin and bone. #93022

犬いぬが骨ほねをがりがりかじっている。 The dog is crunching a bone. #175354

彼女かのじょはガリガリにやせ細ほそっていた。 She was as thin as a rail. #10177388