crunch vs film

crunch

noun
  • 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 #. 

verb
  • 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. 

film

noun
  • A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. 

  • A medium used to capture images in a camera. 

  • A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb. 

  • A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally. 

verb
  • To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle. 

  • To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound. 

  • To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film. 

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