cruncher
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈkrʌnʧər/
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practicante de abdominales
- She is a dedicated cruncher who works out every morning.
Examples
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As a dedicated fitness enthusiast, she is a regular cruncher who completes her exercises every morning.
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Many crunchers prefer doing their exercises at home.
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As a dedicated cruncher, he never misses his morning workout routine.
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The gym was full of crunchers working on their core strength.
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She became a regular cruncher after seeing improvements in her fitness.
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Many gym-goers consider themselves crunchers because they make abdominal workouts part of their daily routine.
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He became a skilled cruncher and often shares his tips for doing abdominal exercises effectively.
Compounds
- Informal
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4.5
A person who works with many numbers and can do difficult calculations using computers
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
cruncher = crunch (transparent) = crunch + er
The word is a regular agent noun meaning 'a person who does crunches', formed transparently from the exercise noun 'crunch' plus '-er'.
Etymology
Cruncher comes from crunch plus -er, where crunch is also the name of an abdominal exercise, so a cruncher is someone who regularly does 'crunches' to work their stomach muscles.