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to crunch

to crunch

4 3.0
To crush something into small pieces
  • verb
  • /krʌntʃ/
translation icon : machacar
  • When the bill arrives, he consults his tip card and crunches loudly on his mint.
  • crunch bones
  • crunch through shells

You make one mistake of the so-called justice system may crunch you in its gears.

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Examples

  • And we also crunch the data on what you want.

  • I hope they are because I'm sure it took a lot of time to crunch that data and create these maps.

  • Let me continue crunching through Japanese here.

  • Your employee's 8-hour day can be crunched into 3-4 hours with a Virtual Assistant.

    Blog text (22)

  • Austerity is a self-defeating policy because it crunches the economy and thus the size of the tax base.

    Blog text (18)

  • The VSI crusher crunches everything it meets into sand.

    Academic text (2001)

  • I see three deer before the truck crunches onto the gravel driveway of our rustic A-frame.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Danny sucked his to the end, but Daskeh grew impatient and crunched the pale, sugary heart to powder with her teeth.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • The children enjoyed walking through the autumn leaves, which would crunch under their feet.

  • I love the sound of fresh snow crunching as I walk across the winter landscape.

Synonyms

to mash
vsto crunch
121 1.4

To press or crush something until it becomes soft

breaks items into smaller pieces or particles instead of just softening them
to grind
vsto crunch
61 2.4

To crush something into powder by rubbing or pressing

relies more on forceful crushing rather than steady frictional reduction
to squash
vsto crunch
55 2.0

To press something hard so it becomes flat and loses its shape

focuses on breaking into pieces or particles rather than flattening shape
to powder
vsto crunch
39 3.0

To crush or grind something until it becomes a fine dry material

produces small pieces but not necessarily a uniformly dry fine substance
to pulverize
vsto crunch
  • US
8 7.4

To crush something into a fine powder

uses force to make pieces but usually stops before turning everything to dust
to granulate
vsto crunch
6 7.1

To make something into small grains like sugar

creates varied small pieces rather than uniform grainy particles
to pulp
vsto crunch
3 4.9

To crush something until it becomes a soft, wet mass

results in broken pieces or particles rather than a wet, pulpy mass
to comminute
vsto crunch
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Change something into very small pieces by pounding, crushing, or grinding

is a more general crushing action often less technical in intent
to bray
vsto crunch
9.1

To crush seeds or plants into small pieces with a heavy bowl and stick

is the general action and not tied to a particular tool or technique

Phrasal Verbs

to crunch numbers
21 3.7

To do calculations and study numbers quickly

Compounds

crunch time
  • Informal
12 4.2

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

credit crunch
8 4.5

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

extra crunch
2.1

An added crisp texture that makes food more satisfying to bite

tummy crunch
  • Informal
3.7

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

How Crushed

to pulverize
  • US
8 7.4
to crunch
4 3.0
to crumble
177 3.4
press
11 1.3

Surface Forms

crunch infinitive
crunched past
crunched past participle
crunching present participle
crunches third person singular

Etymology

Crunch also means to break something into small pieces, as when you crush biscuits into crumbs, and this meaning comes from the same idea of smashing until things fall apart. So to crunch something is to press or grind it until it becomes small pieces.