To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound. Example: When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery.
To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound. Example: Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked.
To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators. Example: That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries.
To grind or press with violence and noise.
To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
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