crunch

Meaning of crunch

verb
  1. crush (a hard or brittle foodstuff) with the teeth, making a loud but muffled grinding sound.
    she paused to crunch a ginger biscuit
  2. (especially of a computer) process (large quantities of information).
    the program crunches data from 14,000 sensors to decipher evolving patterns
noun
  1. a loud muffled grinding sound like that of something hard or brittle being crushed.
    Marco's fist struck Brian's nose with a crunch
  2. 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
  3. 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:

crush, compaction

Meaning scranch:

scranch, scraunch, crackle

Meaning cranch:

cranch, craunch, grind

Meaning munch:

munch

Meaning grind:

grind, mash, bray, comminute

Meaning munch or chew noisily or vigorously:

chomp

Meaning (of a horse) make a noisy biting or chewing action:

champ

Meaning (of a person or animal) use the teeth to cut into or through something:

bite

Meaning bite at or nibble something persistently:

gnaw

Meaning chew (food):

masticate

Meaning put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it:

eat

Meaning eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly:

devour

Meaning eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink):

consume

Meaning nibble; chew:

chumble

Meaning the decisive or most important point at issue:

crux

Meaning a time when a difficult or important decision must be made:

crisis

Meaning a final test or confrontation intended to settle a dispute:

showdown

Words that rhyme with crunch

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