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Meaning of 'crunch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Crunch [ v. i.]
- To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
- To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
2 . Crunch [ v. t.]
- To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

Meaning of 'crunch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . crunch [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
Example in sentence:
  • a financial crunch;
  • an end-of-the year crunch
Meaning (2):
- the sound of something crunching
Example in sentence:
  • he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
3 . crunch [ v]
Meaning (3):
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
Example in sentence:
  • grind the spices in a mortar;
  • mash the garlic
Meaning (4):
- make a crushing noise
Example in sentence:
  • his shoes were crunching on the gravel
Meaning (5):
- chew noisily
Example in sentence:
  • The boy chomped his sandwich;
  • The children crunched the celery sticks

Nearby Words:

cruces crucial crucian carp cruciate cruciation crucible crucifer cruciferous crucified crucifier

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