2. Verb. (present participle of crunch) ¹
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Definition of Crunching
1. crunch [v] - See also: crunch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crunching
Literary usage of Crunching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New Malagasy-English Dictionary by James Richardson (1885)
"The .sound made by crushing anything between the teeth, crunching. ... To crunch,
crunching. KARE'TOKA, *. The sound made by anything crushed, ..."
2. Novels by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1906)
"The driver flourished his whip, and gave a whistle; the sledge, its runners
crunching on the snow, turned out of the gates to the right, and disappeared. ..."
3. Wild Scenes in the Forest and Prairie, Or, The Romance of Natural History by Charles Wilkins Webber (1855)
"When he waked up the wolves were all gone but one or two, crunching at the bones
of yesterday's feast. He shot one of them with his pistol, ..."
4. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... Jarring sound, jar; Humen ym) crunching, ... grating; crunching. narttu female
dog; bitch; vrt. naarai. naru (nuora) cord, string; ..."
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