cruncher

American  

[kruhn-cher] / ˈkrʌn tʃər /

noun

1. a person or thing that crunches.

2. Informal. a decisive blow, argument, event, or the like.

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Etymology

Origin of cruncher

First recorded in 1945–50; crunch + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The office — the Legislature’s own highly respected number cruncher — issued a much more pessimistic forecast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

For this week's show we asked Richard Hughes - the country's number cruncher in chief who runs the independent Office for Budget Responsibility - how he would answer that big question.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2023

You’re trying to do things as efficiently as possible and I don’t think there’s a lot of appreciation for the benefit that even someone like an Excel number cruncher could have in the organization.

From The Verge • Mar. 23, 2021

A reserve officer in the Swiss military and a number cruncher with a nearly photographic memory, Ackermann also had a notoriously short fuse.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2020

I sung out: 'Ahoy, there!' and the cruncher, whoever he was, come my way.

From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby