- crunch
n. (colloq.) (esp. AE)
shortage1) an energy crunch
showdown2) if it comes to a crunch
* * *[krʌntʃ](colloq.) (esp. AE) ['shortage'] an energy crunch['showdown'] if it comes to a crunch
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
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crunch — [krʌntʆ] verb crunch (the) numbers STATISTICS ACCOUNTING to do very complicated calculations on large amounts of data (= information stored on a computer) in order to find out about something: • Media buyers have to know what s going on, not just … Financial and business terms
Crunch — may refer to: Nestlé Crunch, a brand of candy and ice cream produced by Nestle Crunch (exercise), a strength training exercise for the abdominal muscles Crunch (Impellitteri album), 2000 Crunch (Cry Wolf album) Crunch (book), a 2008 book by Jared … Wikipedia
crunch — crunch·er; crunch·i·ness; crunch·ing·ly; crunch·ing·ness; crunch; … English syllables
Crunch — Crunch, v. t. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crunch|y — «KRUHN chee», adjective, crunch|i|er, crunch|i|est. 1. Informal. brittle and crackling: »crunchy peanut brittle. 2. related to a life style characterized by environmentalism, interest in natural … Useful english dictionary
crunch on — [phrasal verb] crunch on (something) : to chew (a piece of food) in a way that makes a loud sound She crunched on a carrot while watching TV. crunching on potato chips • • • Main Entry: ↑crunch … Useful english dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] And their white… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crunch — [n] crucial point crisis, critical point, crux, difficulty, emergency, hour of decision*, moment of truth*, problem, test, trouble, trying time*; concepts 388,674,675 Ant. trivia crunch [v] grind, chew beat, bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crush, gnaw … New thesaurus
crunch — ► VERB 1) crush (something hard or brittle) with the teeth, making a marked grinding sound. 2) make or move with such a sound. ► NOUN 1) a crunching sound. 2) (the crunch) informal the crucial point of a situation. 3) a sit up … English terms dictionary
crunch — [krunch] vi., vt. [earlier craunch, of echoic orig.] 1. to bite or chew with a noisy, crackling sound 2. to press, grind, tread, fall, etc. with a noisy, crushing sound 3. Informal to process (a vast quantity of numbers or other data) rapidly… … English World dictionary
crunch — 1814, from craunch (1630s), probably of imitative origin. The noun is 1836, from the verb; the sense of critical moment was popularized 1939 by Winston Churchill, who had used it in his 1938 biography of Marlborough. Related: Crunched; crunching … Etymology dictionary
