Definitions

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  • noun Agent noun of crunch; a person or thing that crunches.

Etymologies

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crunch +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Wayne Rooney has cranked up the tension ahead of tomorrow's title cruncher by revealing: I hate Liverpool.

    Football.co.uk news feed 2009

  • I work as a University number cruncher, which is not my passion but does me just fine for now.

    What if No One's Watching?: November 2008 Archives 2008

  • I work as a University number cruncher, which is not my passion but does me just fine for now.

    NaBloPoMo #1: Show Me Saturday (What if No One's Watching?) 2008

  • But even then, I remember I had a little Apple IIe and Wordstar (which, sadly, Vin STILL uses as his word cruncher of choice).

    notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • But even then, I remember I had a little Apple IIe and Wordstar (which, sadly, Vin STILL uses as his word cruncher of choice).

    Archive 2004-01-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004

  • Ben, for all his many flaws (and they ARE many), is a superb number-cruncher who knows the normal partisan leans of precincts across the county, and I'll remain pessimistic unless and until we KNOW Marsden has won.

    PROJECTED WINNER 2010

  • He was a devout Catholic, but he also was a practical, cautious guy -- a number cruncher -- and the idea of giving up a job that suited him so well for one so different seemed a little crazy.

    New Ohio bishop tackles big Catholic issues 2011

  • He was a devout Catholic, but he also was a practical, cautious guy -- a number cruncher -- and the idea of giving up a job that suited him so well for one so different seemed a little crazy.

    New Ohio bishop tackles big Catholic issues 2011

  • I am an uninspired number cruncher and that Venn diagram is not used in the way I expect it to convey information about gnats intersecting with my teeth!

    Mmmm. Protein. 2009

  • For Greenspan was not a mere technician or a number cruncher.

    Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

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