verb / noun
crunch
KRUNCH/krˈʌntʃ/
Crushing with a hard crackling sound.
She crunches a crisp apple between her teeth.
Etymology
Craunch meant crushing with the teeth and was probably imitative of the sound. Crunch extended that noisy crushing action beyond chewing to other forms of pressure.
In context
… I find that I bite into it crunch it just a little and I want to like suck the juices down …
More examples
- She crunched the carrot between her teeth.
- A loud crunch came from the broken branch.
- The wheels were crunching over loose gravel.
Forms
crunch · crunches · crunched · crunching