crunch
Meaning of crunch
verb
- crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound.
she paused to crunch a ginger biscuit
- (especially of a computer) process (large quantities of information).
the program crunches data from 14,000 sensors to decipher evolving patterns
- a loud muffled grinding sound like that of something hard or brittle being crushed.
Marco's fist struck Brian's nose with a crunch
- a crucial point or situation, typically one at which a decision with important consequences must be made.
when it comes to the crunch you chicken out
- a physical exercise designed to strengthen the abdominal muscles; a sit-up.
early 19th century (as a verb): variant of 17th-century cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.
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Hyphenation of crunch
crunch
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- crunch is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
crunch synonyms
Meaning crush:
Meaning scranch:
Meaning cranch:
Meaning munch:
Meaning grind:
Meaning munch or chew noisily or vigorously:
Meaning (of a horse) make a noisy biting or chewing action:
Meaning (of a person or animal) use the teeth to cut into or through something:
Meaning bite at or nibble something persistently:
Meaning chew (food):
Meaning put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it:
Meaning eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly:
Meaning eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink):
Meaning nibble; chew:
Meaning the decisive or most important point at issue:
Meaning a time when a difficult or important decision must be made:
Meaning a final test or confrontation intended to settle a dispute:
Words that rhyme with crunch
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