crunch

Meaning

Verb

1. To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
2. To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
3. (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
4. To grind or press with violence and noise.
5. To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
6. To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
7. To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
8. (slang) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

Noun

1. A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
2. A critical moment or event.
3. A problem that leads to a crisis.
4. A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
5. (slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
6. A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
7. The symbol #.
8. A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
9. (slang) A shortage.

Synonyms

grind

munch

crackle

creak

crack

craunch

chew

mash

squeak

crush

cranch

gnaw

break

gnash

scrunch

grate

grit

snap

bray

scranch

scratch

bite

crisis

compaction

beat

scraunch

comminute

chomp

masticate

smash

squash

squeeze

squelch

stamp

chew noisily

have a smattering of

show-down

grind with teeth

maunch

beetle

🪲

bruise

champ

clobber

crackling

crepitate

crisp

crump

crunching

dash

💨

destroy

eat

🍽️

emergency

hash

#️⃣

mince

mush

nibble

nosh

overbear

overwhelm

pound

💷

process

pulverise

pulverize

rustle

serrated

shipwreck

shortage

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/

Etymology

From earlier craunch, cranch, of imitative origin.