craunch

[ krawnch, krahnch ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. crunch.

craunch

/ krɔːntʃ /

verb

1. a dialect word for crunch

Derived Forms

• ˈcraunchable, adjective
• ˈcraunchiness, noun
• ˈcraunchy, adjective

Other Words From

• craunching·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of craunch¹

First recorded in 1625–35; variant of cranch

Example Sentences

My moccasins made no noise until I stepped on the gravel; but, at the craunch of the pebbles, the lady looked around and then came hastily towards me across the grass.

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He whipped the handspike out of my hands, and he’s craunched it to fragments.

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Now they craunch it, and crowd snuffling along through the corn-hills!

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With all the power of her limbs she sprang and clutched; with all the power of her love she craunched.

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Some crocodile or hippopotamus crawling through the rushes might craunch the babe.

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