noun. the sound of something crunching he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path |
noun. 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 |
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verb. make a crushing noise his shoes were crunching on the gravel |
verb. press or grind with a crushing noise |
verb. chew noisily The children crunched the celery sticks |
verb. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading grind the spices in a mortar|mash the garlic |