A shortage.
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 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 #.
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.
A requirement.
An urgent request.
The desire to purchase goods and services.
An order.
The amount of a good or service that consumers are willing to buy at a particular price.
A forceful claim for something.
More precisely peak demand or peak load, a measure of the maximum power load of a utility's customer over a short period of time; the power load integrated over a specified time interval.
To require of someone.
To claim a right to something.
To ask forcefully for information.
To request forcefully.
To issue a summons to court.