Hypertext Webster Gateway: "crunch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crunch \Crunch\ (kr[u^]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crunched}
(kr[u^]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crunching}.] [Prob. of
imitative origin; or cf. D. schransen to eat heartily, or E.
scrunch.]
1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter
skull. --Byron.
2. To grind or press with violence and noise.
The ship crunched through the ice. --Kane.
3. To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
The crunching and ratting of the loose stones. --H.
James.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crunch \Crunch\, v. t.
To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to
craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crunch
n 1: the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of
footsteps on the gravel path"
2: 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"
3: the act of crushing [syn: {crush}, {compaction}]
v 1: make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the
gravel" [syn: {scranch}, {scraunch}, {crackle}]
2: make a crunching noise, as of an engine lacking lubricants
[syn: {crump}, {thud}, {scrunch}]
3: press or grind with a crunching noise [syn: {cranch}, {craunch},
{grind}]
4: chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
[syn: {munch}]
5: reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading;
"grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" [syn: {grind},
{mash}, {bray}, {comminute}]
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