crunch🔊

To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. ''to crunch numbers'': to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

To grind or press with violence and noise.

To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.

To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.

To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

A critical moment or event.

A problem that leads to a crisis.

(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

(slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.

(dessert) A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath. +

(US) The symbol (#).

(in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.

(slang) A shortage.