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Crunch   /krəntʃ/   Listen
Crunch

noun
1.
The sound of something crunching.
2.
A critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources).  "A financial crunch"
3.
The act of crushing.  Synonyms: compaction, crush.
verb
(past & past part. crunched; pres. part. crunching)
1.
Make a crushing noise.  Synonyms: crackle, scranch, scraunch.
2.
Press or grind with a crushing noise.  Synonyms: cranch, craunch, grind.
3.
Chew noisily.  Synonym: munch.
4.
Reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.  Synonyms: bray, comminute, grind, mash.  "Mash the garlic"



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"Crunch" Quotes from Famous Books



... unannounced into your private rooms. Even among relatives and the most intimate friends, there is nothing to justify the unexpected arrival. Nothing so strikes terror to a woman's soul as the thud of trunks on the piazza and the crunch of wheels on the gravel, meaning someone has ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter
... The mahout, fearing that his elephant had behaved rudely in thus refusing a present from a lady's hand, picked up the biscuit and inserted it in the next parcel of rice and plantain stem. This was placed within the elephant's mouth. At the first crunch the animal showed evident signs of disgust, and at once spat out the whole of the contents. There lay a complete ruin of the neat package, which had been burst by the power of the great jaws; but among the scattered rice that had been ejected we perceived ...
— Wild Beasts and their Ways • Sir Samuel W. Baker
... The crunch of the gravel under his solid, firm tread jarred on their already wearied sensibilities. Nevertheless they knew that it behooved them to be cordial and to accept the situation with good grace. Their niece was over head and ears in love with a young ...
— The Law-Breakers and Other Stories • Robert Grant
... Crunch, squeak, crunch went the snow as they tramped steadily, with the surface curving slowly upward, till all at once there was a slip, a thud, and a scramble, Gedge was down, and he began to glide, but checked himself with ...
— Fix Bay'nets - The Regiment in the Hills • George Manville Fenn
... Hidesato could not help feeling alarmed at the sight of this horrible reptile lying in his path, for he must either turn back or walk right over its body. He was a brave man, however, and putting aside all fear went forward dauntlessly. Crunch, crunch; he stepped now on the dragon's body, now between its coils, and without even one glance backward ...
— Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) - Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales • Various


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