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Defenition of the word crunch

    • Defenition of the word crunch

      • make a crunching noise, as of an engine lacking lubricants
      • the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
      • press or grind with a crunching noise
      • chew noisily; "The chidren crunched the celery sticks"
      • make crunching noises; "his shoes wre crunching on the gravel"
      • the act of crushing
      • reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"
      • 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"
      • make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
      • chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
      • the sound of something crunching
      • a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
      • reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
      • make a crushing noise
      • chew noisily
      • press or grind with a crushing noise

    Synonyms for the word crunch

      • bray
      • comminute
      • compaction
      • crackle
      • cranch
      • craunch
      • crump
      • crush
      • grind
      • mash
      • munch
      • scranch
      • scraunch
      • scrunch
      • thud

    Similar words in the crunch

      • grind down
      • tyrannize

    Hyponyms for the word crunch

      • crump
      • grind
      • mill
      • pestle
      • pulp
      • pulverisation
      • pulverization
      • scrunch
      • thud

    Hypernyms for the word crunch

      • break up
      • chew
      • compressing
      • compression
      • fragment
      • fragmentise
      • fragmentize
      • go
      • jaw
      • make noise
      • manducate
      • masticate
      • noise
      • press
      • resound
      • situation
      • sound

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