crunch
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: automotive
computing
cooking
engineering
entertainment
exercise
food
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
music
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
sports
transport
vehicles
Etymology: From earlier craunch, cranch, of imitative origin.
Inflected forms:
form: crunches
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: crunching
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: crunched
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: crunched
pos: verb
tags: past
form: crunches
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
pos: verb
examples: When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery.
And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull,
gloss: To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
pos: verb
examples: Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked.
gloss: To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
pos: verb
tags: slang
examples: That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries.
gloss: To grind or press with violence and noise.
pos: verb
examples: The sound of our vessel crunching her way through the new ice is not easy to be described.
The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity.
gloss: To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
pos: verb
examples: There were sounds in the air above his head – sounds of the crunching and rattling of the loose, smooth stones as his neighbors moved about[…]
gloss: To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: PackIt will not crunch executables, unless told to do so.
gloss: To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
gloss: A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
pos: noun
gloss: A critical moment or event.
pos: noun
examples: It always pains me (slightly) when a flaming young radical like Neil Miller turns out when the crunch comes to be such an ardent defender of the status quo.
The friends, on the contrary, argue that Job does not "know", that only God knows; yet, when it comes to the crunch, they themselves seem to know as much as God knows: for example, that Job is a guilty sinner.
gloss: A problem that leads to a crisis.
pos: noun
examples: The crunch is characterized by extremely depressed liquidity and deteriorated balance sheet positions for households, corporations, and financial institutions[…]
gloss: A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
pos: noun
examples: But even I draw the line at “doing crunches” in designer clothes. Fashion sneakers are for swanking around the shops, not for running in. And so, like everyone else, I wear grotty old tracksuits earmarked for Oxfam, and tragic free festival T-shirts that give away my age.
gloss: The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
pos: noun
tags: slang
gloss: A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
pos: noun
gloss: The symbol #.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
pos: noun
examples: Smear the peanut butter, fluff, and a bit of the nutella all over, even to the very edge of the wrap. Sprinkle the crunches on top and then start rolling from one of the non-trimmed edges
gloss: A shortage.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: But a supply crunch, which is already affecting the drive, could slow it down further.
gloss: Moderate distortion.
pos: noun
Synonyms: hashtag
number sign
pound sign
Derived words: bone-crunching
crunchable
cruncher
crunchingly
crunch numbers
number-crunching
uncrunch
big crunch
buttercrunch
chili crunch
credit crunch
crunch factor
crunch game
crunchless
crunch-time
crunch time
crunchy
Dutch crunch
pizza crunch
reverse crunch
screen crunch
scrunch
stomach crunch
time crunch
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: جَرَشَ
roman: jaraša
lang: Azerbaijani
word: xırçıldamaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: xırtıldamaq
lang: Bulgarian
word: хрускам
roman: hruskam
lang: Cornish
word: densel
lang: Czech
word: chroustat
lang: Danish
word: knase
lang: Finnish
word: rouskuttaa
lang: French
word: croquer
lang: German
word: zermalmen
lang: Greek
word: τρίζω
roman: trízo
lang: Greek
word: ροκανίζω
roman: rokanízo
lang: Icelandic
word: bryðja
lang: Italian
word: sgranocchiare
lang: Italian
word: scricchiolare
lang: Italian
word: croccare
lang: Malayalam
word: കൊറിക്കുക
roman: koṟikkuka
lang: Māori
word: karihi
lang: Polish
word: chrupać
lang: Polish
word: chrupnąć
lang: Romanian
word: trosni
lang: Romanian
word: scârțâi
lang: Russian
word: хрусте́ть
roman: xrustétʹ
lang: Russian
word: хру́стнуть
roman: xrústnutʹ
lang: Slovak
word: chrúmať
lang: Spanish
word: ronzar
lang: Spanish
word: crujir
lang: Swedish
word: krossa