crunch

n. பல்லரைப்பொலி, மெல்லுதல், பல்லரைப்பு, (வி.) ஓசைபட மெல்லு, பல்லாலரை, மிதித்துத் துவை, சரளை மீது நெரித்து நட, கசக்கு.

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Crunch (krnch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crunched (krncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crunching.] Etym: [Prob. of imitative origin; or cf. D. schransen to eat heartily, or E. scrunch.] 1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch. And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull. Byron. 2. To grind or press with violence and noise. The ship crunched through the ice. Kane. 3. To emit a grinding or craunching noise. The crunching and ratting of the loose stones. H. James. Crunch, v. t. Defn: To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

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