See Also: Petrobrusian(dictionary)
crunch(1)(dictionary)
Cap'n Crunch(dictionary)
crunch 1, noun(dictionary)
Credit Crunch(money)
crunch 2, verb(dictionary)
Pretzel Crunch(recipes)
Pear Crunch(recipes)
Lemon Crunch Muffins(recipes)
Back Office Crunch(money)

crunch 2, verb (oh) and Petrobrusian (iou)


crunch 2, verb (oh)



2 v
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: cranch 'to crunch' (17-19 centuries), probably from the sound; influenced by munch]
[I] to make a sound like something being crushed
::Their boots crunched loudly on the frozen snow.
[I always + adverb/preposition, T] to eat hard Food in a way that makes a noise
crunch on
::The dog was crunching on a bone.
crunch (the) numbers
to do a lot of calculations in order to find an answer
::The computer will crunch all the numbers to determine the final score.

Petrobrusian (iou)



Petrobrusian noun. M16.
[Latin Petrobrusiani pl., from Pierre de Bruys (Latinized as Petrus Brusianus): see below, -IAN.]
Ecclesiastical History. A follower of Pierre de Bruys, who in southern France in the early 12th cent. rejected infant baptism, transubstantiation, and the authority of the Church, and opposed the building of churches and the observance of fasts.