Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - crunch
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Crunch
crunch
~1 n 1 a noise like the sound of something being crushed (the crunch of footsteps on gravel | a horrible crunch) 2 AmE a difficult situation caused by a lack of money (The company's in a crunch right now. | feel the crunch (=not have enough money)) 3 when/if it comes to the crunch used to say what you will do when something important happens or when a difficult decision has to be made (If it comes to the crunch, whose side will you take?) ~2 v 1 to make a sound like something being crushed (Our feet crunched on the frozen snow.) 2 I always + adv/prep, to eat hard food in a way that makes a noise + on (The dog was crunching on a bone.) crunch sth (crunching a biscuit)
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(crunches, crunching, crunched) 1. If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth. She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly... Richard crunched into the apple. VERB: V n, V into/on n 2. If something crunches or if you crunch it, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example when you step on it. A piece of china crunched under my foot... He crunched the sheets of paper in his hands. = scrunch VERB: V, V n • Crunch is also a noun. She heard the crunch of tires on the gravel driveway. N-COUNT; SOUND 3. If you crunch across a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise. I crunched across the gravel. ...wheels crunching over a stony surface. VERB: V prep/adv, V prep/adv 4. You can refer to an important time or event, for example when an important decision has to be made, as the crunch. He can rely on my support when the crunch comes... The Prime Minister is expected to call a crunch meeting on Monday. N-SING: usu the N, oft N n • If you say that something will happen if or when it comes to the crunch, you mean that it will happen if or when the time comes when something has to be done. If it comes to the crunch, I’ll resign over this. PHRASE: V inflects 5. To crunch numbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer. I pored over the books with great enthusiasm, often crunching the numbers until 1:00 a.m. VERB: V n 6. A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as a crunch. (BUSINESS) ...a financial crunch that could threaten the company’s future. = crisis N-COUNT: usu supp N ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. verb Etymology: alteration of craunch Date: 1706 intransitive verb 1. to chew or press with a crushing noise 2. to make one's way with a crushing noise transitive verb 1. to chew, press, or grind with a ~ing sound 2. process; especially to perform mathematical computations on ~ numbers • ~able adjective II. noun Date: 1832 1. an act of ~ing 2. a sound made by ~ing 3. a tight or critical situation: as a. a critical point in the buildup of pressure between opposing elements ; showdown b. a severe economic squeeze (as on credit) c. shortage an energy ~ 4. a conditioning exercise performed from a supine position by raising and lowering the upper torso without reaching a sitting position ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a crush noisily with the teeth. b grind (gravel, dry snow, etc.) under foot, wheels, etc. 2 intr. (often foll. by up, through) make a crunching sound in walking, moving, etc. --n. 1 crunching; a crunching sound. 2 colloq. a decisive event or moment. Etymology: earlier cra(u)nch, assim. to munch ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. хруст, скрип, треск 2. разг. решающий момент; перелом; кризисная ситуация to come to the crunch —- приближаться к развязке when the crunch came —- когда наступил решающий момент in the crunch —- в кризисной ситуации 3. фин. ограничение кредита 4. грызть с хрустом the dog was crunching a bone —- собака грызла кость to crunch biscuit —- грызть сухое печенье 5. хрустеть 6. раздавливать our feet crunched the gravel —- у нас под ногами хрустел гравий 7. скрипеть, хрустеть the snow crunched under the whells —- снег скрипел под колесами ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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up размалывать, расщеплять This machine crunches the rock up so that it can be used for road building. CRUNCH 1. noun 1) хруст 2) скрип; треск 2. v. 1) грызть; хрустеть - crunch down - crunch up 2) скрипеть под ногами; трещать CRUNCH down размалывать, расщеплять This machine crunches the rock down so that it can be used for road building. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1814, from craunch (1631), probably of imitative origin. The noun is 1836, from the verb; the sense of "critical moment" was popularized by Winston Churchill, first recorded 1939. Crunchy is from 1892. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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