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crunch

/krənʧ/

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verb
chew noisily
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"The children crunched the celery sticks"

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munch

type of:
jaw masticate manducate chew
verb
reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
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bray comminute grind mash

type of:
fragmentize break up fragment fragmentise
noun
the act of crushing
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compaction crush

type of:
compressing compression
verb
make a crushing noise
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"his shoes were crunching on the gravel"

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crackle scranch scraunch

type of:
resound make noise noise
verb
press or grind with a crushing noise
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cranch craunch grind

type of:
press
noun
a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
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"an end-of-the year crunch" "a financial crunch"

type of:
situation
noun
the sound of something crunching
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"he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"

type of:
noise

Examples of crunch

"The children crunched the celery sticks"
"his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
"an end-of-the year crunch"
"a financial crunch"
"he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"