To chew with force and noise; to craunch. And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull. Byron.
To grind or press with violence and noise. The ship crunched through the ice. Kane.
To emit a grinding or craunching noise. The crunching and ratting of the loose stones. H. James.
To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.
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