crunch

Examples

• All

• At first, she didn't recognize the sound: a light crunch -- snow compressing under a human foot.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I ate them slowly, concentrating on the dry, grainy crunch, saying nothing.

  Fiction book (1991)

• And yeah, it still has that crunch you can hear right here.

• What surprised him was the crunch it made against the bone.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The swish had moved behind me, and the crunch seemed too close to avoid.

  Fiction book (1990)

• When she could no longer hear the crunch of Velcro, she stopped.

  Fiction book (1990)

• There was a crunch of shifting rocks; the ground slid beneath my feet.

  Fiction book (1993)

• I stayed in that house for years, listening to every breath of wind, every crunch of leaves, every knock at the door; hoping he'd show up someday.

  Anglerfish (2022)

• The satisfying crunch of the fresh apples made everyone want a second slice.

• As she stepped on the fallen leaves, the loud crunch echoed in the quiet park.

Synonyms

C

chomping

vscrunch

5 5.1

Loud chewing of food using strong bites

can be either noisy chewing or general crushing, not only eating actions

S

scrunch

vscrunch

1 6.4

A sharp crunching sound like when you bite an apple or walk on snow

is made by noisy chewing or crushing rather than only by pressing or treading

Antonyms

S

silence

660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

Compounds

C

crunch time

• Informal

12 4.2

A short time when people must work very hard to finish something

C

credit crunch

8 4.5

A time when banks make loans harder to get because they have little money

E

extra crunch

2.1

An added crisp texture that makes food more satisfying to bite

T

tummy crunch

• Informal

3.7

An exercise that lifts the shoulders toward the hips to work the stomach muscles

How Noisy

to crash

71 2.4

crunch

43 1.3

snap

45 3.6

crackle

18 3.9

rustle

12 4.4

Surface Forms

Etymology