Crunch v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crunched p. pr. & vb. n. Crunching.]
  1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
     And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull.   --Byron.
  2. To grind or press with violence and noise.
     The ship crunched through the ice.   --Kane.
  3. To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
     The crunching and ratting of the loose stones.   --H. James.