as in scraped
to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound
I could hear the bicycle gears crunch as I shifted the derailleur
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Recent Examples of crunched
Scientists have crunched the numbers, however.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
At the same time, the Home Buyer Scarcity Index, which measures how crunched an area is for purchasable homes, has spiked.
—Nigel Chiwaya, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
The Spaniard crunched some decent Bellucci groundstrokes with turbo boost borrowed from Sinner’s Wimbledon final range.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
For tiny messes and crunched closet spaces, handheld vacuums come in—some might even say—more handy than an upright cordless vac.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
Most parents are crunched for time in the afternoons, and no one wants to spend a lot of time in the kitchen preparing.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
And once the numbers were crunched, Estonia outranked the rest.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
Numbers may be higher, though since the numbers were only crunched through November.
—Saleen Martin, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
Speaking in purely economic terms, researcher Daniel Jernigan crunched numbers and found a per-capita annual cost in our state (per the Centers for Disease Control) of $843 — more than $350 of which is paid out by government — and taxes that add up to less than $20.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
At the same time, the Home Buyer Scarcity Index, which measures how crunched an area is for purchasable homes, has spiked.
—Nigel Chiwaya, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
The Spaniard crunched some decent Bellucci groundstrokes with turbo boost borrowed from Sinner’s Wimbledon final range.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
For tiny messes and crunched closet spaces, handheld vacuums come in—some might even say—more handy than an upright cordless vac.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2025
Most parents are crunched for time in the afternoons, and no one wants to spend a lot of time in the kitchen preparing.
—Christina Montoya Fiedler, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
And once the numbers were crunched, Estonia outranked the rest.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2025
Numbers may be higher, though since the numbers were only crunched through November.
—Saleen Martin, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
Speaking in purely economic terms, researcher Daniel Jernigan crunched numbers and found a per-capita annual cost in our state (per the Centers for Disease Control) of $843 — more than $350 of which is paid out by government — and taxes that add up to less than $20.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crunched
scraped
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Remember how agitated Laura got when Daniel scraped his knee mountain biking?—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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The owner’s digital presence is also scraped to produce an 8–10-page brand guide that the client signs off on as both authentic and compelling.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Crunched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crunched. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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