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verb (used with object)
1.
to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise.
2.
to crush or grind noisily.
3.
to tighten or squeeze financially: The administration's policy seems to crunch the economy in order to combat inflation.
verb (used without object)
4.
to chew with a crushing sound.
5.
to produce, or proceed with, a crushing noise.
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Crunching
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
noun
Idiom6.
an act or sound of crunching.
7.
a shortage or reduction of something needed or wanted: the energy crunch.
8.
distress or depressed conditions due to such a shortage or reduction: a budget crunch.
9.
a critical or dangerous situation: When the crunch comes, just do your best.
10.
crunch numbers, Computers.
a.
to perform a great many numerical calculations or extensive manipulations of numerical data.
b.
to process a large amount of data.
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Word Origin & History
crunch
1814, from craunch (1630s), probably of imitative origin. The noun is 1836, from the verb; the sense of "critical moment" was popularized by Winston Churchill, whose first recorded use of it was in 1939.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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