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cruncher

cruncher

1 4.5
A person or animal that makes a loud noise when they chew
  • noun
  • /ˈkrʌnʧər/
: masticador
  • During the movie, everyone could hear the loud cruncher in the back row devouring popcorn.

Examples

  • Carrot Cruncher

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  • The child is a noisy cruncher when she eats her cereal in the morning.

  • As he savored the caramel apple, his cruncher echoed through the quiet park.

Synonyms

chewer
vscruncher
3 1.0

A person or animal that chews something like gum

is about loud sharp biting sound rather than neutral jaw movement
muncher
vscruncher
3 7.5

A person or animal that chews food loudly

is louder and sharper in sound rather than soft repeated noises

Compounds

number cruncher
  • Informal
5 4.5

A person who works with many numbers and can do difficult calculations using computers

A computer that does many math calculations very quickly

1 9.8

A person who mainly eats healthy food like vegetables

How Loud

cruncher
1 4.5
muncher
3 7.5
chewer
3 1.0
quiet as a mouse
  • Informal
5 5.8

Surface Forms

cruncher singular
crunchers plural

Morphology

cruncher = crunch (transparent) = crunch + er

Straightforward agent noun meaning 'one that crunches (makes a crunching sound)', directly inferable from the verb.

Etymology

Cruncher comes from the sound word crunch and the agent -er, and it describes someone or something that makes loud crunching noises when eating; think of the loud bite of a crisp apple to remember this use.