crunch
/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.66 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
Slang
verb
To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
Transitive verb
verb
To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
Transitive verb
verb
To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
Slang; Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery."
- "And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull,"
- "Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked."
- "That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries."
- "The sound of our vessel crunching her way through the new ice is not easy to be described."
- "The departure was not unduly prolonged.[…]Within the door Mrs. Spoker hastily imparted to Mrs. Love a few final sentiments on the subject of Divine Intention in the disposition of buckets; farewells and last commiserations; a deep, guttural instigation to the horse; and the wheels of the waggonette crunched heavily away into obscurity."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɹʌnt͡ʃ/
- British English: /kɹʌnt͡ʃ/
Usage
- Slang
- Transitive verb
- American usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
sit-up
trunk curl