crunch
noun
1. the sound of something crunching
- he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
Definition categories: event, noise
2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
- an end-of-the year crunch
- a financial crunch
Definition categories: state, situation
3. the act of crushing
Similar word(s): compaction, crush
Definition categories: act, compressing, compression
verb
1. make a crushing noise
- his shoes were crunching on the gravel
Similar word(s): crackle, scranch, scraunch
Definition categories: communication, noise, resound
2. press or grind with a crushing noise
Similar word(s): cranch, craunch, grind
Definition categories: contact, press
3. chew noisily
- The children crunched the celery sticks
Similar word(s): munch
Definition categories: consumption, chew, jaw, manducate, masticate
4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
Similar word(s): bray, comminute, grind, mash
Definition categories: change, fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize
Sentences with crunch as a verb:
- When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery.
- Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked.
- That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries.