Noun
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the act of crushing
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a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)
"an end-of-the year crunch"
"a financial crunch"
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the sound of something crunching
"he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
Verb
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reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
"grind the spices in a mortar"
"mash the garlic"
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chew noisily
"The children crunched the celery sticks"
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press or grind with a crushing noise
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make a crushing noise
"his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
- scraunch