broadside vs crunch

broadside

verb
  • To collide with something side-on. 

noun
  • The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet. 

  • A forceful attack, be it written or spoken. 

  • One side of a ship above the water line; all the guns on one side of a warship; their simultaneous firing. 

  • A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded. 

adv
  • Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object. 

crunch

verb
  • To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound. 

  • 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 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. 

noun
  • 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 small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture. 

  • A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. 

  • The symbol #. 

How often have the words broadside and crunch occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )