crunch

Pronunciation

• (UK) (US) IPA ^(key): /krʌntʃ/

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Verb

Plain form crunch

Third-person singular crunches

Past tense crunched

Past participle crunched

Present participle crunching

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you crunch something, you crush it and it makes a breaking noise.

   Broken glass crunched beneath his shoes.

   The sound of Hannah crunching her chips in the quiet church seemed very loud.

2. (transitive) If you crunch numbers or data, you do a lot of calculations to find an answer.

Noun

Singular crunch

Plural crunches

1. (countable) A crunch is the sound of something hard, like nuts, being crushed.

   You can hear the crunch of Hannah's chips.

2. (countable) A crunch is a difficult time under a lot of pressure.

Related words

• crunchy