Word
crunching
Phoneticscrunch·ing
US/ˈkɹəntʃɪŋ/
UK/kɹˈʌntʃɪŋ/
Definition
v. to make a loud, cracking sound by crushing something hard, like when you bite into a fresh apple or walk on dry leaves. It can also mean processing a lot of numbers or data very quickly.
v. to crush something with a noisy, crackling sound, typically using the teeth or feet; also used figuratively to describe the rapid processing of large quantities of numerical data. The present participle form is frequently used as an adjective to describe the sound itself.
Examples
“The dry leaves are crunching under my boots.”
“The supercomputer spent the entire weekend crunching the latest climate data to predict the path of the storm.”
“While the analyst was busy crunching the quarterly figures, the only sound in the office was the rhythmic crunching of his colleagues snacking on carrot sticks.”
Examples
simple
“The dry leaves are crunching under my boots.”
contextual
“The supercomputer spent the entire weekend crunching the latest climate data to predict the path of the storm.”
complex
“While the analyst was busy crunching the quarterly figures, the only sound in the office was the rhythmic crunching of his colleagues snacking on carrot sticks.”
Usage
Transitive when processing data; often intransitive when describing a sound produced by movement.
Scan code
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