crunch

crunch is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To grind or press with violence and noise. The ship crunched through the ice. Kane.
  2. 2.To emit a grinding or craunching noise. The crunching and ratting of the loose stones. H. James.
  3. 3.To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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