craunch
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
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- craunchable adjective
- craunchiness noun
- craunchingly adverb
- craunchy adjective
Etymology
Origin of craunch
First recorded in 1625–35; variant of cranch
Example Sentences
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My moccasins made no noise until I stepped on the gravel; but, at the craunch of the pebbles, the lady looked around and then came hastily towards me across the grass.
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He whipped the handspike out of my hands, and he’s craunched it to fragments.
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Now they craunch it, and crowd snuffling along through the corn-hills!
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With all the power of her limbs she sprang and clutched; with all the power of her love she craunched.
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Some crocodile or hippopotamus crawling through the rushes might craunch the babe.
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