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crunch
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- pronunciation:
- kruhnch
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- phrases:
- crunch numbers
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
crunches, crunching, crunched |
| definition 1: |
to chew with a crackling noise; crush by biting.
The dog crunched the bone happily.- synonyms:
- champ, munch
- similar words:
- bite, chew, crush, gnaw, grind, masticate
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| definition 2: |
to break up noisily, as by crushing or grinding.
He crunched the glass under his heel.- synonyms:
- crush, grind, mash, pulverize
- similar words:
- chew, scrunch
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| related words: |
mill, smash |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to make a crackling or crushing sound, as by chewing, breaking, or walking.
He piled the popcorn into his mouth and crunched loudly.- synonyms:
- champ, chew, crush, munch, scrunch, smash
- similar words:
- grind, trample
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| phrase: |
crunch numbers |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a crunching sound or act of crunching.
I thought I was alone in the woods until I heard the crunch of footsteps behind me.- synonyms:
- champ, crush, scrunch
- similar words:
- smash
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| definition 2: |
(informal) a crucial or perilous situation.
She may seem kind of flighty sometimes, but she can be relied on in the crunch.- synonyms:
- clutch, crisis, emergency, pinch
- similar words:
- danger, fix, hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, straits, threat
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| definition 3: |
(informal) a reduction or shortage of something necessary, or the difficulties caused by this.
The office-space crunch in our building is preventing us from expanding.- synonyms:
- deficiency, shortage
- similar words:
- deprivation, famine, lack, privation, reduction, shortfall, starvation
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| related words: |
crisis, crush |
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| derivations: |
crunchable (adj.), crunchingly (adv.) |
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