crunches

noun

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.

A critical moment or event.

A problem that leads to a crisis.

(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.

(software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.

A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

(cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.

(slang) A shortage.

(chiefly US) The symbol #.

(music) Moderate distortion.

verb

To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.

To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

To grind or press with violence and noise.

(automotive, transitive) To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.

(computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.

(software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

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