craunch

See crunch.

craunch (third-person singular simple present craunches, present participle craunching, simple past and past participle craunched)

1. (transitive, archaic) To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch.
   • Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (part II)

     She would craunch the wing of a lark, bones and all, between her teeth, although it were nine times as large as that of a full-grown turkey; and put a bit of bread into her mouth as big as two twelve-penny loaves.

craunch (plural craunches)

1. A grinding or crunching sound.
   • 1867, Once a Week (page 242)

     He sat down to write, and occupied himself with certain papers, until there was a far-off sound of wheels: some vehicle was slowly entering the great gates; a craunch upon the gravel sweep.