crunch

Definition of crunch in English English dictionary: to crush something with a noisy crackling sound, especially with reference to food
When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery.; A critical moment or event; to be crushed with a noisy crackling sound
Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked.; A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor; to calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations)
That meta data makes it much easier for the search engine software to quickly crunch the data for search queries.; A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching; a form of exercise based on a sit-up; A good bodycheck; If you crunch across a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise. I crunched across the gravel. wheels crunching over a stony surface; to efficiently process large amounts of information; To chew with force and noise; to craunch; To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit; a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"; The forced evacuation of desirable points due to a lack of alternative plays; To emit a grinding or craunching noise; A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as a crunch. a financial crunch that could threaten the company's future. = crisis; To efficiently process large amounts of information A number cruncher, for example, is a routine or device optimized for and dedicated to processing numbers; If something crunches or if you crunch it, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example when you step on it. A piece of china crunched under my foot He crunched the sheets of paper in his hands. = scrunch Crunch is also a noun. She heard the crunch of tires on the gravel driveway; If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth. She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly Richard crunched into the apple; (30+) - Until the end of your next turn, if an attack damages the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance), that attack does 20 more damage to the Defending Pokémon Pokémon with this attack: Houndoom L37; make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"; The common term in an electronic environment for the amount of time it takes to process a command for a certain effect; You can refer to an important time or event, for example when an important decision has to be made, as the crunch. He can rely on my support when the crunch comes The Prime Minister is expected to call a crunch meeting on Monday. If you say that something will happen if or when it comes to the crunch, you mean that it will happen if or when the time comes when something has to be done. If it comes to the crunch, I'll resign over this; To crunch numbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer. I pored over the books with great enthusiasm, often crunching the numbers until 1: 00 a.m; To grind or press with violence and noise; to crush something with a noisy crackling sound, esp. with reference to food; To minimize the amount of computer memory used to store a program; the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"; Process data at high speed; press or grind with a crunching noise; chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"; {f} munch, chew with the teeth; crush; {i} chewing with the teeth; sound made by crunching; pressured situation; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"; The forced evacuation of desirable points because of the lack of alternate plays; the act of crushing; the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path" a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch" make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel" chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks" press or grind with a crunching noise
crunch numbers: To figure; to do the math
Before you buy a car, spend some time crunching numbers and make sure you can afford it.
crunch time: The last few minutes of play in the fourth quarter
crunch time: A critical period of time during which it is necessary to work hard and fast
crunch-time: Alternative spelling of crunch time
crunch time: A critical moment or period (as near the end of a game) when decisive action is needed
credit crunch: A period of economic crisis in which credit and investment capital are difficult to obtain
credit crunch: a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high
credit crunch: difficulty in obtaining loans due to non-favorable economic conditions
Big Crunch: The hypothetic eventual collapse of the universe that would happen if it did not continue to expand
big crunch: A singularity at the centre of a black hole, or the final result of the Big Crunch
Cap'n Crunch: a type of sweet breakfast cereal which is popular especially with children in the US
crunched: reduced to small pieces; "crunched nuts
crunched: past of crunch
crunched: reduced to small pieces; "crunched nuts"
crunches: third-person singular of crunch
crunches: plural of crunch
crunching: present participle of crunch
crunching: {i} grinding, chewing with the teeth