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CRAUNCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does craunch mean? 

CRAUNCH (verb)
  The verb CRAUNCH has 1 sense:

1. press or grind with a crushing noiseplay

  Familiarity information: CRAUNCH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRAUNCH (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Press or grind with a crushing noise

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cranch; craunch; crunch; grind

Hypernyms (to "craunch" is one way to...):

press (exert pressure or force to or upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something


 Context examples 


She would craunch the wing of a lark, bones and all, between her teeth, although it were nine times as large as that of a full-grown turkey; and put a bit of bread into her mouth as big as two twelve-penny loaves.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)



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