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UK
/kɹˈʌntʃ/
]
[ US /ˈkɹəntʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹəntʃ/ ]
VERB
-
make a crushing noise
his shoes were crunching on the gravel -
chew noisily
The children crunched the celery sticks - press or grind with a crushing noise
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reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
grind the spices in a mortar
mash the garlic
NOUN
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a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
a financial crunch
an end-of-the year crunch - the act of crushing
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the sound of something crunching
he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path
How To Use crunch In A Sentence
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- If it were a little more curved it would collapse, imploding on itself in a cosmic crunch; a little less curved, and every star, planet, sun and galaxy would fly apart from each other and so would every atom of matter in each of them.
- That not only means that more information can be crunched at once, but these chips can also handle more complex instructions.
- She pulled the black scrunchie out of her long glossy red-gold hair, the silky strands having been confined in a simple low, sleek ponytail.
- If you are to have any chance of success, you need to pore over balance sheets, crunch the right numbers and keep abreast of company news. Times, Sunday Times
- The glistening mushrooms were plump and earthy against the dry, crunchy pastry softened by the delicate, herby cream sauce.
- Nevertheless, the international credit crunch and the weakening of global growth will "aggravate" the slowdown of the Icelandic economy, Mr. Haarde said. As Iceland's Krona Falls,
- Red cabbage's fresh, raw crunch is a great addition to salads (see today's recipe), though I quite understand that some of you may have been put off by its appearance in mediocre coleslaws dressed in gloopy, cheap mayonnaise, its pigment seeping into the dressing to create a rather unappealing mess. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's red cabbage recipes
- The crunch leaves of autumn had shrivelled and the sun was a lazy, dusky peach colour.
- Cook the cauliflower until almost melting - if it is slightly crunchy, it won't liquidise to a velvety consistency.