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1.VerbTo crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound."When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery."
2.VerbTo be crushed with a noisy crackling sound."Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked."
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4.VerbTo calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators."That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries."
5.VerbTo grind or press with violence and noise.
6.VerbTo emit a grinding or crunching noise.
7.VerbTo cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
8.VerbTo compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
9.VerbTo make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
10.NounA noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
11.NounA critical moment or event.
12.NounA problem that leads to a crisis.
13.NounA form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
14.NounThe overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
15.NounA dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
16.NounThe symbol #.
17.NounA small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
18.NounA shortage.
19.NounModerate distortion.