Crunch - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |krʌntʃ|  American pronunciation of the word crunch
Brit.  |krʌn(t)ʃ|  British pronunciation of the word crunch

noun

- 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
- the act of crushing (syn: crush)

verb

- make a crushing noise (syn: crackle)
his shoes were crunching on the gravel
- press or grind with a crushing noise (syn: grind)
- chew noisily (syn: munch)
The children crunched the celery sticks
- reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading (syn: bray, comminute, grind, mash)

Extra examples

We could hear the truck's tires crunching along the gravel road.

When she crunched the numbers, she found that the business's profits were actually much lower than the company had said.

We could hear the crunch of the truck's tires on the gravel road.

The crunch came when the computer stopped working.

She was crunching (on) a raw carrot as she read the paper.

Broken china crunched under my feet.

Their boots crunched loudly on the frozen snow.

This machine crunches the rock up so that it can be used for road building.

The only sound was the crunch of tyres on gravel.

Three new teachers were hired to help ease the crunch.

Cost cutting had enabled the organization to survive a previous cash crunch.

The dog was crunching on a bone.

The children crunched the celery sticks

The crunch came when my bank asked for my credit card back.

When it came to the crunch, she couldn't agree to marry him.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: crunch
he/she/it: crunches
present participle: crunching
past tense: crunched
past participle: crunched
noun
singular: crunch
plural: crunches
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