Synonyms for crunch
krʌntʃcrunch

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1. crunchnoun

   the sound of something crunching

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

   Synonyms:
   compaction, crush

2. crunchnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   compaction, crush

3. crush, crunch, compactionverb

   the act of crushing

   Synonyms:
   densification, puppy love, crushed leather, jam, crush, compression, calf love, concretion, press, compaction, infatuation

4. crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackleverb

   make a crushing noise

   "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"

   Synonyms:
   munch, bray, craunch, grind, mash, cranch, crepitate, scraunch, scranch, crackle, comminute

5. crunch, cranch, craunch, grindverb

   press or grind with a crushing noise

   Synonyms:
   dig, craunch, scranch, travail, cranch, labour, grind, comminute, munch, crackle, grate, toil, bray, labor, mash, moil, scraunch, drudge

6. crunch, munchverb

   chew noisily

   "The children crunched the celery sticks"

   Synonyms:
   munch, bray, craunch, grind, mash, cranch, scraunch, scranch, crackle, comminute

7. grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminuteverb

   reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading

   "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

   Synonyms:
   flirt, craunch, crackle, dig, travail, squelch, cranch, dally, labour, coquet, chat up, romance, comminute, crush, coquette, scraunch, butterfly, scranch, squeeze, munch, grind, grate, toil, bray, labor, hee-haw, mash, squash, moil, philander, drudge

Matched Categories

1. • Chew
   • Noise
   • Press
   • Situation

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1. List of paraphrases for "crunch":

   crisis, strangulation, contraction

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How to use crunch in a sentence?

1. Daniss Jenkins:

   I felt like we had it. It was right there for us, obviously we came up short. We had a couple turnovers in crunch time. Little mistakes like that.

2. Barney Reynolds:

   They want a slightly more business-friendly approach to take root and to rein back from some of the more hostile approaches immediately post credit crunch, this is very much welcome as the UK financial sector was starting to lose traction.

3. Chris Reynolds:

   When times are tough and it's crunch time, you go back to your training, when I looked into the guys' eyes (in the huddle) there was a sharp glare and you felt that energy.

4. Xavier Becerra:

   The American people don't have a lot of time to try to do the science and crunch the numbers, the American people expect the experts to give them the answer.

5. Red Star coach Dejan Radonjic:

   We are delighted to have treated our fans to such a splendid win against the defending European champions, i want to thank the supporters for lifting us at crunch time. The players also showed great character when the match seemed to be slipping away from us and in the end it was a morale-boosting performance.