crunch.

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

When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery.

To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked.

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

That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries.

To grind or press with violence and noise.

To emit a grinding or crunching noise.

To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.

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

To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

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

I like the crunch of those crackers.

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.

A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

A critical moment or event.

A critical moment or event. A problem that leads to a crisis.

A critical moment or event. The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.

A critical moment or event. A shortage.

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

The symbol #.

Moderate distortion.