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Webster 1913 Edition
Crunch
Crunch
(krŭnch)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Crunched
(krŭncht)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Crunching
.] [Prob. of imitative origin; or cf. D.
schransen
to eat heartily, or E. scrunch
.] 1.
To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
And their white tusks
crunched
o’er the whiter skull. Byron.
2.
To grind or press with violence and noise.
The ship
crunched
through the ice. Kane.
3.
To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
The
crunching
and ratting of the loose stones. H. James.
Crunch
,Verb.
T.
To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch;
as, to
. crunch
a biscuit