crunch

crunch is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To chew with force and noise; to craunch. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
2. intransitive verb. To grind or press with violence and noise.
3. intransitive verb. To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
4. transitive verb. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.
5. noun. the act of crushing

   Synonyms: compaction, crush

6. noun. the sound of something crunching

   "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"

7. noun. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources)

   "an end-of-the year crunch"

   "a financial crunch"

8. verb. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

   "grind the spices in a mortar"

   "mash the garlic"

   Synonyms: bray, comminute, grind, mash

9. verb. make a crushing noise

   "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"

   Synonyms: crackle, scranch, scraunch

10. verb. chew noisily

    "The children crunched the celery sticks"

    Synonyms: munch

11. verb. press or grind with a crushing noise

    Synonyms: cranch, craunch, grind

Synonyms

compaction, crush, bray, comminute, grind, mash, crackle, scranch, scraunch, munch, cranch, craunch

Common word forms

crunched, cruncher, crunches, crunching, crunchable

Words from these letters

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