adjective

• exhausted, not well.

  I feel really crunchy.

  by Pris, Vero Beach, FL, USA, Jul 01 1998.

• to feel embarrassed after having done or said something that might cause another person emotional pain or embarrassment. The feeling of "having put one's foot in one's mouth."

  by Geoffrey, San Francisco, CA, USA, Apr 22 1999.

• hippie-esque; ALL-NATURAL. Refers to the crunch of granola, which (as goes the stereotype) hippie-esque people are likely to eat.

  That chick with the hairy armpits is a little too crunchy for me.

  by J.H.T., Atlanta, GA, USA, Jun 02 1999.

noun

• cool; THE BOMB.

  That car was ebola!

  by Monica T., Santiago de Cali, Colombia, Aug 21 1997.

• any sickness.

  Man, I can't go to the party. I've got Ebola.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

adjective

• sick.

  Man, I can't go to the party. I'm Ebola-ed.

  by Emily M., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, Jan 13 1998.

adjective

• hippie-esque; ALL-NATURAL. As goes the stereotype, hippie-esque people eat granola frequently.

  That chick with the hairy armpits is a little too granola for me.

  by J.H.T., Atlanta, GA, USA, Jun 02 1999.

adjective

• very inebriated.

  We all got torn down when he showed up with the keg.

  by Mike Walters, Chattanooga, TN, USA, Mar 31 1998.

• upset. Also to' down.

  He's been torn down since she dumped him.

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.

• ill.

  I couldn't go to work today - I was torn down.

  by Anonymous, Oct 01 2001.