crunch
/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/noun, verb1 syllable
Crunch means: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
Synonyms for crunch17
noun, as in the act of crushing
verb, as in make a crushing noise
verb, as in press or grind with a crushing noise
verb, as in crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound
also used for crunch
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What does crunch mean?7
verb
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading“grind the spices in a mortar”
make a crushing noise“his shoes were crunching on the gravel”
press or grind with a crushing noise
crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound“The children crunched the celery sticks”
noun
the act of crushing
the sound of something crunching“he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path”
a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)“an end-of-the-year crunch”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with crunch?6
Crunch in a sentence
- When it comes to the crunch, our company will become insolvent.CM
- In the fall, children like to stomp on leaves to hear the crunch.nana2capriccio
- The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.unknown
- She could always call her parents when she was in a crunch.CK
- These new computers can crunch data faster than ever.darinmex
- When it came to the crunch she just gave in.JimBreen
- Let me crunch some numbers and get back to you on that.mailohilohi
- This cereal has a nice crunch to it.shmoo22
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of crunch
as a noun
- plural
- crunches
as a verb
- past tense
- crunched
- present participle
- crunching
- third-person singular
- crunches
- past participle
- crunched