A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.
A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid.
One in a series of clues leading to a person or place.
To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface).
To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction.
To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking.
A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.
The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
A shortage.
A critical moment or event.
A problem that leads to a crisis.
A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
The symbol #.
To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.
To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.
To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.
To cause the gears to emit a crunching sound by releasing the clutch before the gears are properly synchronised.
To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
To grind or press with violence and noise.
To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.