'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
Press or grind with a crushing noise [syn: crunch, cranch, craunch, grind]
verb
Chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks" [syn: crunch, munch]
verb
Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute]

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