1. past tense of crunch; made a crushing sound by chewing or stepping on something hard
2. past tense of crunch; compressed or squeezed something forcefully
3. past tense of crunch; processed large amounts of data or numbers
Usage: computing; informal

Examples

• She crunched the apple loudly during the quiet movie.
• The leaves crunched under our feet as we walked through the forest.
• He crunched the empty soda can before throwing it away.
• The computer crunched the sales data overnight.
• The accountant crunched the numbers to prepare the budget report.
• Snow crunched beneath the hikers’ boots on the mountain trail.