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Rarecrunched
The correct spelling is crunched.
How to pronounce crunched
verb
IPA: /kɹʌntʃt/
Say it like: Cru-nch-ed
The correct spelling is crunched. To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound. For example: "When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery."
Usage Examples
“When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery.”
“Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked.”
“That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
- 2.To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
- 3.To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
- 4.To grind or press with violence and noise.
- 5.To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
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