crunch

crunch1 [ krʌntʃ ] verb

1. ) intransitive or transitive to bite hard food, causing it to make a loud noise:

Jane was crunching a peppermint noisily.

2. ) intransitive to make a noise like something being crushed:

Leaves crunched under our feet as we walked up the path to the house.

a ) to move on a surface that makes the noise of something being crushed:

They crunched across splintered glass and wood to the door.

3. ) transitive INFORMAL if you crunch numbers, you do a lot of calculations

a ) if you crunch information, you deal with it quickly

crunch

crunch 2 [ krʌntʃ ] noun

1. ) singular the loud noise that something hard makes when you bite it:

the crunch of potato chips

a ) a noise like something being crushed:

I could hear the crunch of someone's feet on the gravel.

2. ) count usually singular INFORMAL a situation that is very difficult because you do not have enough of something, especially time or money:

a credit/budget crunch

3. ) the crunch INFORMAL the time when something important or difficult happens or must be decided:

if/when it comes to the crunch: If it comes to the crunch, can I rely on you to support me?