"crunch" meaning in English

See crunch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɹʌnt͡ʃ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-crunch.ogg Forms: crunches [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌntʃ Etymology: From earlier craunch, cranch, of imitative origin. Head templates: {{en-noun}} crunch (plural crunches)
  1. A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. Translations (a noisy crackling sound): قَرْمَشَة (qarmaša) [feminine] (Arabic), хрускане (hruskane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), knas [neuter] (Danish), rouske (Finnish), ratina (Finnish), croquement (French), craquement (French), τραγανίζω (traganízo) (Greek), μασώντας δυνατά (masóntas dynatá) (Greek), λαχταρώ (lachtaró) (Greek), μασάω (masáo) (Greek), μασουλίζω (masoulízo) (Greek), δαγκώνω (dagkóno) (Greek), chrzęst (Polish), chrupnięcie [neuter] (Polish), chrupanie [neuter] (Polish), chrupot [masculine] (Polish), хруст (xrust) [masculine] (Russian), knastrande [neuter] (Swedish), knaprande [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-crunch-en-noun-NfYcKggL Disambiguation of 'a noisy crackling sound': 83 0 2 2 5 2 2 4 0
  2. A critical moment or event. Translations (critical moment or event): критичен момент (kritičen moment) (Bulgarian), tosipaikka (Finnish), Krise [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-crunch-en-noun-3zlmL4t2 Disambiguation of 'critical moment or event': 0 99 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. A problem that leads to a crisis.
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  4. (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor. Coordinate_terms (abdominal exercise): sit-up, trunk curl Translations (form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up): 捲腹 /卷腹 (gyun² fuk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 捲腹 /卷腹 (juǎnfù) (Chinese Mandarin), vatsarutistus (Finnish), crunch [masculine] (French), Bauchpresse [feminine] (German), Bauchpressen [neuter] (German), felülés (Hungarian), crunch [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-crunch-en-noun-SsMqIH2T Categories (other): Exercise Topics: exercise, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'abdominal exercise': 3 0 4 79 6 4 1 3 0 Disambiguation of 'form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up': 2 0 3 85 4 4 0 2 0
  5. (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release. Tags: slang
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  6. A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath. Synonyms: crisp, crumble
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  7. (chiefly US) The symbol #. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-crunch-en-noun-vVQPdBLO Categories (other): American English
  8. (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
    Sense id: en-crunch-en-noun-ZxEavvjA Categories (other): Cooking Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  9. (slang) A shortage. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-crunch-en-noun-HBdkpaXt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hashtag, number sign, pound sign

Verb

IPA: /kɹʌnt͡ʃ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-crunch.ogg Forms: crunches [present, singular, third-person], crunching [participle, present], crunched [participle, past], crunched [past]
Rhymes: -ʌntʃ Etymology: From earlier craunch, cranch, of imitative origin. Head templates: {{en-verb}} crunch (third-person singular simple present crunches, present participle crunching, simple past and past participle crunched)
  1. To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
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  2. To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound. Translations (to be crushed with a noisy crackling sound): knase (Danish), kraki (Esperanto), narskua (Finnish), ratista (Finnish), knirschen (German), knuspern (German), spiaccicarsi (Italian), хрусте́ть (xrustétʹ) (Russian), pučiť (Slovak), krossas (Swedish), knastra (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-crunch-en-verb-Q7YICKcX Disambiguation of 'to be crushed with a noisy crackling sound': 17 72 2 0 1 3 2 2
  3. (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators. Tags: slang Translations (slang: to calculate or otherwise process): murskata (Finnish), compiler (French), kalkulieren (German), durchrechnen (German), masticare (Italian)
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  4. To grind or press with violence and noise.
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  5. To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
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  6. (automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised. Tags: transitive
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  7. (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-crunch-en-verb-RED4IcNj Categories (other): Computing, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 2 9 4 16 7 2 5 1 2 3 8 1 4 15 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 1 9 4 18 7 2 5 1 2 3 8 1 4 16 11 8 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  8. (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project. Tags: slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-crunch-en-verb-~w1EjHug Categories (other): Software engineering Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bone-crunching, crunchable, cruncher, crunchingly, crunch numbers, number-crunching, uncrunch Translations (to crush something with a noisy crackling sound): جَرَشَ (jaraša) (Arabic), xırçıldamaq (Azerbaijani), xırtıldamaq (Azerbaijani), хрускам (hruskam) (Bulgarian), densel (Cornish), chroustat (Czech), knase (Danish), rouskuttaa (Finnish), croquer (French), zermalmen (German), τρίζω (trízo) (Greek), ροκανίζω (rokanízo) (Greek), bryðja (Icelandic), sgranocchiare (Italian), scricchiolare (Italian), croccare (Italian), കൊറിക്കുക (koṟikkuka) (Malayalam), karihi (Maori), chrupać [imperfective] (Polish), chrupnąć [perfective] (Polish), хрусте́ть (xrustétʹ) (Russian), chrúmať (Slovak), ronzar (Spanish), crujir (Spanish), krossa (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to crush something with a noisy crackling sound': 42 39 3 1 2 5 4 4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "to crush something with a noisy crackling sound",
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        "(slang) A shortage."
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      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/14/En-us-crunch.ogg/En-us-crunch.ogg.mp3",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌntʃ"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hashtag"
    },
    {
      "word": "number sign"
    },
    {
      "word": "pound sign"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "qarmaša",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قَرْمَشَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "hruskane",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хрускане"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "rouske"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "ratina"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "croquement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "craquement"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "traganízo",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "τραγανίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "masóntas dynatá",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "μασώντας δυνατά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "lachtaró",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "λαχταρώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "masáo",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "μασάω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "masoulízo",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "μασουλίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "dagkóno",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "δαγκώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "word": "chrzęst"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "chrupnięcie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "chrupanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chrupot"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "xrust",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "хруст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knastrande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "a noisy crackling sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knaprande"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "kritičen moment",
      "sense": "critical moment or event",
      "word": "критичен момент"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "critical moment or event",
      "word": "tosipaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "critical moment or event",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Krise"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "lang_code": "yue",
      "roman": "gyun² fuk¹",
      "sense": "form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up",
      "word": "捲腹 /卷腹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "juǎnfù",
      "sense": "form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up",
      "word": "捲腹 /卷腹"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up",
      "word": "vatsarutistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crunch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bauchpresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bauchpressen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up",
      "word": "felülés"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "form of abdominal exercise based on a sit-up",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "crunch"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "crunch"
  ],
  "word": "crunch"
}

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