Thesaurus: crunch

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1. v. i. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
2. v. i. To grind or press with violence and noise.
3. v. i. To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
4. v. t. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.
5. n. the sound of something crunching
6. n. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
7. n. the act of crushing
8. v. make a crushing noise
9. v. press or grind with a crushing noise
10. v. crush with the teeth, making a grinding sound
11. v. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
12. 1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch. And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull. Byron. 2. To grind or press with violence and noise. The ship crunched through the ice. Kane. 3. To emit a grinding or craunching noise. The crunching and ratting of the loose stones. H. James. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.