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 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 #.
To produce mechanically and repetitively as if by turning a crank.
To instill through repetitive teaching.
To oppress, hold down or weaken.
To become ground, pulverized, or polished by friction.
To move with much difficulty or friction; to grate.
To remove material by rubbing with an abrasive surface.
To repeat a task a large number of times in a row to achieve a specific goal.
To operate by turning a crank.
To shape with the force of friction.
To rotate the hips erotically.
To reduce to smaller pieces by crushing with lateral motion.
To annoy or irritate (a person); to grind one's gears.
To eat.
To slide the flat portion of a skateboard or snowboard across an obstacle such as a railing.
To dance in a sexually suggestive way with both partners in very close proximity, often pressed against each other.
To work or study hard; to hustle or drudge.
The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction.
A traditional communal pilot whale hunt in the Faroe Islands.
A specific degree of pulverization of coffee beans.
A tedious and laborious task.
Something that has been reduced to powder, something that has been ground.
A grinding trick on a skateboard or snowboard.
Hustle; hard work.