crunch
Meaning
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- To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- To grind or press with violence and noise.
- To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
- To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
- To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
- (slang) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
Synonyms
chew noisily
have a smattering of
show-down
grind with teeth
overbear
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/
Etymology
From earlier craunch, cranch, of imitative origin.
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