Crunch

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  • intransitive verb. To chew with a noisy crackling sound.
  • intransitive verb. To crush, grind, or tread noisily.
  • intransitive verb. To perform operations on; manipulate or process (numerical or mathematical data).
  • intransitive verb. To chew noisily with a crackling sound.
  • intransitive verb. To move with a crushing sound.
  • intransitive verb. To produce or emit a crushing sound.
  • noun. The act or sound of crunching.
  • noun. A modified sit-up having a smaller range of motion that reduces back strain and strengthens the abdominal muscles.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A decisive confrontation.
  • noun. A critical moment or situation, especially one that occurs because of a shortage of time or resources.
  • noun. A period of financial difficulty characterized by tight money and unavailability of credit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of crunching; the act of penetrating, forcing a passage through, or pressing against anything with a crushing noise.
  • To crush with the teeth; chew with violence and noise: as, to crunch a biscuit; hence, to crush or grind violently and audibly in any other way.
  • To chew.
  • To act or proceed with a sound of crushing or crackling; produce a noise as from crunching anything.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch.
  • intransitive verb. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
  • intransitive verb. To grind or press with violence and noise.
  • intransitive verb. To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to crush something with a noisy crackling sound, especially with reference to food
  • verb. to be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
  • verb. to calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations)
  • noun. A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
  • noun. A critical moment or event.
  • noun. ) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
  • noun. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
  • noun. the act of crushing
  • noun. the sound of something crunching
  • verb. press or grind with a crushing noise
  • verb. make a crushing noise
  • verb. chew noisily
  • Word Usage
    "She saw the dying and exhausted dogs, the frost-rimed, weary men; she heard the quick _crunch, crunch, crunch_ of the snow-shoes hurrying ahead to break the trail; she felt the cruel torture of the"
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chew  jaw  manducate  masticate  noise  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bunche  Munch  Punch  brunch  bunch  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bang  clank  clatter  click  crackle  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    appulse  atomize  bang  bang into  belch  
    verb-form