CRUNCHES

Noun

crunches

plural of crunch

Verb

crunches

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crunch

Source: Wiktionary


CRUNCH

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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