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What does crunch mean?

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Verb
  1. To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
  2. To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
  3. (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
  4. To grind or press with violence and noise.
  5. To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
  6. (computing) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
Noun
  1. A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
  2. A critical moment or event.
  3. (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
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