Noun

• S: (n) crunch (the sound of something crunching) "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
• S: (n) crunch (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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) crush, crunch, compaction (the act of crushing)

Verb

• S: (v) crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle (make a crushing noise) "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
• S: (v) crunch, cranch, craunch, grind (press or grind with a crushing noise)
• S: (v) crunch, munch (chew noisily) "The children crunched the celery sticks"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) chew, masticate, manducate, jaw (chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth) "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
• S: (v) chomp, champ (chew noisily) "The boy chomped his sandwich"
• S: (v) champ (chafe at the bit, like horses)
• S: (v) mumble, gum (grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great difficulty) "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his food"
• S: (v) chaw (chew without swallowing) "chaw tobacco"
• S: (v) crunch, munch (chew noisily) "The children crunched the celery sticks"
• S: (v) gnaw (bite or chew on with the teeth) "gnaw an old cracker"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute (reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading) "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"