▸ verb: To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound. ▸ verb: To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound. ▸ verb: (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators. ▸ verb: To grind or press with violence and noise. ▸ verb: To emit a grinding or crunching noise. ▸ verb: (automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised. ▸ verb: (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching. ▸ verb: (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project. ▸ noun: A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. ▸ noun: A critical moment or event. ▸ noun: A problem that leads to a crisis. ▸ noun: (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor. ▸ noun: (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release. ▸ noun: A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath. ▸ noun: (chiefly US) The symbol #. ▸ noun: (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture. ▸ noun: (slang) A shortage.
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