crunch

¹crunch

verb \ˈkrənch\

Definition of CRUNCH

intransitive verb

1

: to chew or press with a crushing noise

2

: to make one's way with a crushing noise

transitive verb

1

: to chew, press, or grind with a crunching sound

2

: process; especially : to perform mathematical computations on <crunch numbers>

— crunch·able \ˈkrən-chə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of CRUNCH

1. We could hear the truck's tires crunching along the gravel road.
2. When she crunched the numbers, she found that the business's profits were actually much lower than the company had said.

Origin of CRUNCH

alteration of craunch

First Known Use: 1706

Related to CRUNCH

Synonyms: grind, gnash, grate, grit, scrape, scrunch

Related Words: creak, groan, moan, rasp, scratch, whine; clash, collide, jangle, jar

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Rhymes with CRUNCH

brunch, bunch, hunch, lunch, munch, punch, scrunch