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Definition of Crunch

1. Verb. Make a crushing noise. "His shoes were crunching on the gravel"

2. Noun. The sound of something crunching. "He heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"

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

4. Noun. A critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources). "A financial crunch"

5. Verb. Chew noisily. "The children crunched the celery sticks"

6. Noun. The act of crushing.

7. Verb. Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading. "Mash the garlic"

Definition of Crunch

1. v. i. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

2. v. t. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

Definition of Crunch

1. Verb. to crush something with a noisy crackling sound, especially with reference to food ¹

2. Verb. to be crushed with a noisy crackling sound. ¹

3. Verb. (slang) to calculate or otherwise process (e.g. ''to crunch numbers'': to perform mathematical calculations) ¹

4. Noun. A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. ¹

5. Noun. A critical moment or event. ¹

6. Noun. (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crunch

1. to chew with a crackling sound [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crunch

crumpiest crumpiness crumping crumple crumple zone crumpled crumpledness crumpler crumples crumplier

crumpliest crumpling crumply crumps crumpy crunch (current term) crunch-time crunch numbers crunch time crunchable

crunched cruncher crunchers crunches crunchier crunchiest crunchily crunchiness crunchinesses crunching

Literary usage of Crunch

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

1. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"Three acknowledge a deed, and one of them in the pres- 4 crunch, ence of the others, holds it up and says, " we acknowledge it, p,"^;™',, u but others are ..."

2. The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year edited by Jared Sparks, Francis Bowen, George Partridge Sanger (1855)
"By Wm. crunch Bond. Lot. 42° 22' 48".6 /V., Long. 71° 7' 40" WI MEAN BAROMETRIC PRESSURE AND EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE. (Barometer corrected for capillary action ..."

3. History, Theory, and Practice of the Electric Telegraph by George Bartlett Prescott (1860)
"He did so, and the decision of the Commissioner was overruled, and Judge crunch ordered a patent to be issued to him. Immediately upon the granting of this ..."

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