Background for crunched

crunched

/kɹʌntʃt/

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verb

To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

Examples :

"When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery."

food sound action

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verb

To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

Examples :

"The little boy crunched the dry leaves under his feet as he walked through the park. "

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verb

To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

Examples :

"That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries."

computing math number statistics business finance technology technical

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verb

To grind or press with violence and noise.

Examples :

"The child crunched the fallen leaves under his feet as he walked through the park. "

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verb

To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

Examples :

"The heavy truck crunched over the gravel driveway. "

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verb

To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.

Examples :

"The programmer crunched the image file to make it smaller for faster downloading. "

computing technology internet electronics signal communication

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verb

To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

Examples :

"The software company crunched its programmers for six weeks straight to finish the game before the holiday season. "

business job work