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v. To chew with a noisy crackling sound.

v. To crush, grind, or tread noisily.

v. Slang To perform operations on; manipulate or process (numerical or mathematical data).

verb-intransitive. To chew noisily with a crackling sound: crunching on celery.

verb-intransitive. To move with a crushing sound: crunching through the snow.

verb-intransitive. To produce or emit a crushing sound.

n. The act or sound of crunching.

n. A modified sit-up having a smaller range of motion that reduces back strain and strengthens the abdominal muscles: stomach crunches.

n. A decisive confrontation.

n. A critical moment or situation, especially one that occurs because of a shortage of time or resources: a year-end crunch; an energy crunch.

n. A period of financial difficulty characterized by tight money and unavailability of credit.

v. to crush something with a noisy crackling sound, especially with reference to food

v. to be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

v. to calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations)

n. A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

n. A critical moment or event.

n. ) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

verb-intransitive. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

verb-intransitive. To grind or press with violence and noise.

verb-intransitive. To emit a grinding or craunching noise.

v. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch.

To crush with the teeth; chew with violence and noise: as, to crunch a biscuit; hence, to crush or grind violently and audibly in any other way.

To chew.

To act or proceed with a sound of crushing or crackling; produce a noise as from crunching anything.

n. The act of crunching; the act of penetrating, forcing a passage through, or pressing against anything with a crushing noise.

v. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

n. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)

n. the act of crushing

n. the sound of something crunching

v. press or grind with a crushing noise

v. make a crushing noise

v. chew noisily

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crunched    crunches    crunching   

situation    noise    press    masticate    chew    jaw    manducate   

crunched    crunching    crunch time    reverse crunch    credit crunch   

craunch    chew    cranch    grind    crush    press    scrunch   

Bunche    Munch    Punch    brunch    bunch    hunch    lunch    munch    punch    scrunch   

thud    clatter    clank    creak    scrape    snap    rumble    crash    screech    crackle