Definition of Craunch

1. Verb. Press or grind with a crushing noise.

Exact synonyms: Cranch, Crunch, Grind
Generic synonyms: Press
Derivative terms: Grind
Also: Grind Down

Definition of Craunch

1. v. t. & i. To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.

Definition of Craunch

1. Verb. (transitive) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Craunch

1. to crunch [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: crunch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Craunch

craterless
craterlet
craterlets
craterlike
craterous
craters
crates
cratesful
crating
craton
cratonic
cratons
cratur
craturs
craunch (current term)
craunched
craunches
craunching
cravat
cravat bandage
cravats
cravatted
crave
craved
craven
cravened
cravening
cravenly
cravenness

Literary usage of Craunch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Elbert Hubbard (1899)
"This remark proved to craunch that ... Mr. craunch gave Mr. ... orders to paint pictures of the entire craunch family. ..."

2. Twelve Thousand Words Often Mispronounced by William Henry Pinkney Phyfe (1908)
"See craunch. In this word, and the three succeeding ones, ... See craunch. It is a common error to use the expression " to laundry," meaning " to launder. ..."

3. Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference by Samuel Maunder (1855)
"craunch'ed, prr. cowardly, base—pa to make recreant or Cra'ven-lng, par. Cra'ven-ed, pre. Cra'ver, ». an Insatiable asker Craw, «. the crop or stomach of ..."

4. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1905)
"... copied specimens of the precious fabric into my note book, and strode away with my own feet sinking with a dull craunch, craunch, craunch, ..."

5. Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Elbert Hubbard (1899)
"This remark proved to craunch that ... Mr. craunch gave Mr. ... orders to paint pictures of the entire craunch family. ..."

6. Twelve Thousand Words Often Mispronounced by William Henry Pinkney Phyfe (1908)
"See craunch. In this word, and the three succeeding ones, ... See craunch. It is a common error to use the expression " to laundry," meaning " to launder. ..."

7. Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference by Samuel Maunder (1855)
"craunch'ed, prr. cowardly, base—pa to make recreant or Cra'ven-lng, par. Cra'ven-ed, pre. Cra'ver, ». an Insatiable asker Craw, «. the crop or stomach of ..."

8. The Craftsman by Gustav Stickley (1905)
"... copied specimens of the precious fabric into my note book, and strode away with my own feet sinking with a dull craunch, craunch, craunch, ..."

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