'Crunching' definitions:

Definition of 'Crunching'

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]