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 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"
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
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
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