CRUNCH

crush, crunch, compaction

(noun) the act of crushing

crunch

(noun) the sound of something crunching; “he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path”

crunch

(noun) a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); “an end-of-the year crunch”; “a financial crunch”

grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute

(verb) reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; “grind the spices in a mortar”; “mash the garlic”

crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle

(verb) make a crushing noise; “his shoes were crunching on the gravel”

crunch, munch

(verb) chew noisily; “The children crunched the celery sticks”

crunch, cranch, craunch, grind

(verb) press or grind with a crushing noise

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

crunch (third-person singular simple present crunches, present participle crunching, simple past and past participle crunched)

To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

To grind or press with violence and noise.

To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

(computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.

(software development, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

Noun

crunch (plural crunches)

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

A critical moment or event.

A problem that leads to a crisis.

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

(software development, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.

A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

Synonyms: crisp, crumble

(cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.

Coordinate terms

• (abdominal exercise): sit-up, trunk curl

Source: Wiktionary

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Crunch (krnch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crunched (krncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crunching.] Etym: [Prob. of imitative origin; or cf. D. schransen to eat heartily, or E. scrunch.]

1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch. And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull. Byron.

2. To grind or press with violence and noise. The ship crunched through the ice. Kane.

3. To emit a grinding or craunching noise. The crunching and ratting of the loose stones. H. James.

Crunch, v. t.

Definition: To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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