Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uncrunch

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-crunch
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Load (but do not run) the BASIC program you want to uncrunch."
"Thus when you invoke the crunched version of emacs, for instance, it actually loads the uncruncher, which then loads and uncrunches the rest of emacs."
"Presumably, having uncrunched the data from the compressed archive, it's faster to reload the uncrunched version if it's needed again."

Etymology

From un- + crunch.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

uncrunches (present, singular) uncrunching (participle, present) uncrunched (participle, past) uncrunched (past)

Questions

What does uncrunch mean?: To decompress.
Where does uncrunch come from?: From un- + crunch.

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