Crunch | Mean of crunch in English Dictionary

/ˈkrʌntʃ/

• Verb
• to make the loud sound of something being crushed
1. The snow crunched underfoot.
• to move along a surface that makes the loud sound of something being crushed
1. We could hear the truck's tires crunching along the gravel road.
• to process (numbers, information, etc.)
1. When she crunched the numbers, she found that the business's profits were actually much lower than the company had said.

• to chew (a piece of food) in a way that makes a loud sound
1. She crunched on a carrot while watching TV.
2. crunching on potato chips
• Noun
• the sound made when something hard is being chewed or crushed
1. the crunch of someone eating a carrot
2. We could hear the crunch of the truck's tires on the gravel road.
• the quality of a food that produces a loud sound when it is chewed
1. The nuts give the salad crunch. [=the nuts make the salad somewhat crunchy]
• a very difficult point or situation
1. The crunch came when the computer stopped working.
• a situation in which there is not enough of something
1. The city's budget crunch means that streets will not be repaired this spring. [=because the city does not have enough money, streets will not be repaired]
2. The project is facing a time crunch.
3. an energy crunch [=(more commonly) crisis]
• a stomach exercise in which you lie on your back, raise the top part of your body until your shoulders are off the floor, and then lower it
1. I try to do 50 crunches a day.