crunching
Meaning of crunching
verb, gerund or present participle
- 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
early 19th century (as a verb): variant of 17th-century cranch (probably imitative), by association with crush and munch.
Information about crunching
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of crunching
crunch-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- crunching is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
crunching synonyms
Meaning eat (something) steadily and often audibly:
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:
Words that rhyme with crunching
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