CRUNCHING
Verb
crunching
present participle of crunch
Noun
crunching (plural crunchings)
A crunch noise.
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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