crunch

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  1. transitive verb To chew with a noisy crackling sound.
  2. transitive verb To crush, grind, or tread noisily.
  3. transitive verb Slang To perform operations on; manipulate or process (numerical or mathematical data).
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  • When we got back in the afternoon the caravan and my car had been moved and we heard what had happened to Veryan I will not be so indiscreet as to ask who bedded down with whom, but do I understand that, if it ever came to what Laura calls the crunch, your alibis could stand up to the strictest investigation Our alibis, well, it would depend how broadminded people are. —  Death of a Burrowing Mole - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 62
  • Dorothy: Hey … Those are for Freyr … Cammy: * crunch crunch* Delicious! —  IGN Complete
  • The credit crunch is affecting everyone, including us. —  Evening Mail news round-up
  • "SBA lending is down due to the credit crunch, the economic crisis, and the frozen secondary market," said Jonathan Swain, an SBA assistant administrator. —  Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com
  • The banks have been hit by the credit crunch, which is now sending the economy spinning into recession. —  Reuters: Top News
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

thud ·  clatter ·  clank ·  creak ·  scrape ·  snap ·  rumble ·  crash ·  screech ·  crackle ·  groan ·  hiss

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crunch:   crunches ·  crunched ·  crunching
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Alteration of craunch, possibly of imitative origin.

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  1. Also in variant forms craunch, cranch, scrunch, scranch: see these forms, and also crump; all apparently orig. imitative.
  2. from crunch, v.
 

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