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craunch

[ krawnch, krahnch ]

verb (used with or without object)



craunch

/ ɔːԳʃ /

verb

  1. a dialect word for crunch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܲԳ󲹲, adjective
  • ˈܲԳ󾱲Ա, noun
  • ˈܲԳ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲԳiԲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of craunch1

First recorded in 1625–35; variant of cranch
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Example Sentences

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My moccasins made no noise until I stepped on the gravel; but, at the craunch of the pebbles, the lady looked around and then came hastily towards me across the grass.

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He whipped the handspike out of my hands, and he’s craunched it to fragments.

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Now they craunch it, and crowd snuffling along through the corn-hills!

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With all the power of her limbs she sprang and clutched; with all the power of her love she craunched.

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Some crocodile or hippopotamus crawling through the rushes might craunch the babe.

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