A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
A critical moment or event.
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 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 #.
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.