cruncher

American  

[kruhn-cher] / ˈkrʌn tʃər /

noun

1. a person or thing that crunches.

2. Informal. a decisive blow, argument, event, or the like.

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Etymology

Origin of cruncher

First recorded in 1945–50; crunch + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The office — the Legislature’s own highly respected number cruncher — issued a much more pessimistic forecast.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

You’re trying to do things as efficiently as possible and I don’t think there’s a lot of appreciation for the benefit that even someone like an Excel number cruncher could have in the organization.

From The Verge • Mar. 23, 2021

As the soft-spoken numbers cruncher who converts Beane to the gospel of sabermetrics, Jonah Hill proved for the first time he’s a top-rank actor.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2020

Future visitors to the moon can look for “Crater Poppy”, named after number cruncher Frances “Poppy” Northcutt.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2019

I sung out: 'Ahoy, there!' and the cruncher, whoever he was, come my way.

From The Depot Master by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby