crunch

²crunch

noun

Definition of CRUNCH

1

: an act of crunching

2

: a sound made by crunching

3

: a tight or critical situation: as a : a critical point in the buildup of pressure between opposing elements : showdown b : a severe economic squeeze (as on credit) c : shortage <an energy crunch>

4

: a conditioning exercise performed from a supine position by raising and lowering the upper torso without reaching a sitting position

Examples of CRUNCH

1. the crunch of someone eating a carrot
2. We could hear the crunch of the truck's tires on the gravel road.
3. 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

Antonyms: abundance, adequacy, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, plenty, sufficiency, wealth

Related Words: absence, omission; meagerness, poorness, skimpiness; necessity, need, privation

Near Antonyms: bountifulness, copiousness; excess, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit, surplus

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