Crunch /(krŭnch)/

imp. & p. p. Crunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Crunching

1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

   And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull.

2. To grind or press with violence and noise.

   The ship crunched through the ice.

3. To emit a grinding or craunching noise.

   The crunching and ratting of the loose stones.

1. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.