'Crunch' definitions:
Definition of 'crunch'
(from WordNet)
noun
The sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
noun
A critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"
noun
The act of crushing [syn: crush, crunch, compaction]
verb
Make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle]
verb
verb
Chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks" [syn: crunch, munch]
verb
Definition of 'Crunch'
From: GCIDE
- Crunch \Crunch\ (kr[u^]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crunched (kr[u^]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crunching.] [Prob. of imitative origin; or cf. D. schransen to eat heartily, or E. scrunch.]
- 1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch. [1913 Webster]
- And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To grind or press with violence and noise. [1913 Webster]
- The ship crunched through the ice. --Kane. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To emit a grinding or craunching noise. [1913 Webster]
- The crunching and ratting of the loose stones. --H. James. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Crunch'
From: GCIDE
- Crunch \Crunch\, v. t. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit. [1913 Webster] Crunk
Synonyms of 'crunch'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appulse,
- atomize,
- bang,
- bang into,
- belch,
- bind,
- bite,
- blare,
- blat,
- bray,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- brunt,
- bulldozing,
- bulling,
- bump,
- bump into,
- burr,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- cannon,
- carambole,
- carom,
- carom into,
- caw,
- champ,
- chaw,
- chew,
- chirr,
- chomp,
- chump,
- clang,
- clangor,
- clank,
- clash,
- climacteric,
- clutch,
- collide,
- collision,
- come into collision,
- complication,
- concuss,
- concussion,
- confront each other,
- convergence of events,
- crack up,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- crash into,
- craunch,
- crisis,
- critical juncture,
- critical moment,
- critical point,
- croak,
- crossroads,
- crucial period,
- crump,
- crush,
- crux,
- cut to pieces,
- dash into,
- demolish,
- diffuse,
- disperse,
- disrupt,
- embarrassing position,
- embarrassment,
- emergency,
- encounter,
- exigency,
- extremity,
- fall foul of,
- fine how-do-you-do,
- fission,
- foul,
- fragment,
- grate,
- grind,
- groan,
- growl,
- grumble,
- hammering,
- hell to pay,
- high pressure,
- hinge,
- hit,
- hit against,
- hobble,
- hot water,
- how-do-you-do,
- hurt,
- hurtle,
- imbroglio,
- impact,
- imperativeness,
- impinge,
- impingement,
- jam,
- jangle,
- jar,
- juncture,
- knock,
- knock against,
- make mincemeat of,
- masticate,
- mauling,
- meet,
- meeting,
- mess,
- mince,
- mix,
- moment of truth,
- morass,
- munch,
- onslaught,
- parlous straits,
- pass,
- percuss,
- percussion,
- pickle,
- pinch,
- plight,
- predicament,
- press,
- pressure,
- pretty pass,
- pretty pickle,
- pretty predicament,
- pulverize,
- push,
- quagmire,
- quicksand,
- ramming,
- rasp,
- repercussion,
- rub,
- ruminate,
- run into,
- scatter,
- scranch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scrunch,
- shatter,
- shiver,
- shock,
- showdown,
- sideswipe,
- slam into,
- sledgehammering,
- slough,
- smack into,
- smash,
- smash into,
- smash up,
- smash-up,
- smashing,
- snarl,
- snore,
- splinter,
- spot,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squish,
- stew,
- sticky wicket,
- strait,
- straits,
- stress,
- strike,
- strike against,
- swamp,
- tension,
- thrusting,
- tight spot,
- tight squeeze,
- tightrope,
- tricky spot,
- turn,
- turning point,
- twang,
- unholy mess,
- urgency,
- whomp