(crunching noise)
1Crunching — Crunch Crunch (kr[u^]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Crunched} (kr[u^]ncht); 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. [1913 Webster] And …
2crunch — [[t]krʌ̱ntʃ[/t]] crunches, crunching, crunched 1) VERB If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth. [V n] She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly... [V into/on n] Richard crunched… …
3scrunch — verb 1》 make a loud crunching noise. 2》 crush or squeeze into a compact mass. noun a loud crunching noise. Origin C18 (in the sense eat or bite noisily ): prob. imitative; cf. crunch …
4scrunch — ► VERB 1) make a loud crunching noise. 2) crush or squeeze into a compact mass. ► NOUN ▪ a loud crunching noise. ORIGIN probably imitative …
5crump — n. heavy blow; thudding sound; crunching sound; loud sound of an exploding shell v. make a thudding sound; make crunching noise; strike heavily …
6crumped — n. heavy blow; thudding sound; crunching sound; loud sound of an exploding shell v. make a thudding sound; make crunching noise; strike heavily …
7crumping — n. heavy blow; thudding sound; crunching sound; loud sound of an exploding shell v. make a thudding sound; make crunching noise; strike heavily …
8crumps — n. heavy blow; thudding sound; crunching sound; loud sound of an exploding shell v. make a thudding sound; make crunching noise; strike heavily …
9scrunch — 1. verb To crumple and squeeze to make more compact. He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl. 2. noun A crunching noise …
10crunchy — adjective (crunchier, crunchiest) 1》 making a crunching noise when bitten or crushed. 2》 N. Amer. informal politically liberal and environmentally aware. Derivatives crunchily adverb crunchiness noun …
