Synonyms of crunched

crunched

verb

past tense of crunch

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scraped
• gritted
• scratched
• ground
• creaked
• groaned
• gnashed
• grated
• scrunched
• whined
• moaned
• clashed
• collided
• jarred
• rasped
• jangled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crunched

On the next drive, Love was sacked twice in a row, fumbling on the second after being crunched by Andrew Van Ginkel and Blake Cashman. — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Having racked up 130-plus movie credits over a 50-year producing career, Don Carmody has long been known as the Don of Hollywood North by studio bean counters who crunched the numbers and chose to save money by shooting in Canada. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Photographs from the scene show crunched cars snarled in chunks of the wire fence that used to separate the airport from the road. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

The Athletic crunched the numbers and determined that no team in baseball has faced as dramatic an increase in fastball percentage, with the Dodgers seeing that frequency climb steadily since May. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

But in a world where a few basis points separates legends from washouts, a 10-point edge is an enormous windfall for anyone who trusted Kalshi’s numbers over those crunched by CME, the giant futures-exchange operator. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Official Win Column Data Friend Rahul Deshpande crunched the pretraining camp roster numbers and found that, prior to Wednesday morning’s QB moves, a full half of Atlanta’s roster has been in the league for at least four seasons. — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 July 2026

This is a sport in which bodies get crunched, ears, noses and faces get peppered, and matches can be won by an anaconda choke or a guillotine choke. — Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026

Nostalgic Midwestern Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad If you’re crunched for time, feel free to swap in bacon bits. — Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 3 July 2026