crunch
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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
See Examples of CRUNCH
- We could hear the truck's tires crunching along the gravel road.
- 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
2crunch
nounDefinition of CRUNCH
1
: an act of crunching
2
: a sound made by crunching
3
4
: a conditioning exercise performed from a supine position by raising and lowering the upper torso without reaching a sitting position
Examples of CRUNCH
- the crunch of someone eating a carrot
- We could hear the crunch of the truck's tires on the gravel road.
- The crunch came when the computer stopped working.
First Known Use of CRUNCH
1832
Related to CRUNCH
- Synonyms
- deficiency, dearth, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want
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