different between crunch vs trunch

English

Etymology

From earlier craunch, cranch, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k??nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Verb

crunch (third-person singular simple present crunches, present participle crunching, simple past and past participle crunched)

1. To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
   • 1816, Lord Byron, The Siege of Corinth:

     And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter skull,

2. To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound.

3. (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.

4. To grind or press with violence and noise.
5. To emit a grinding or crunching noise.
   • 1849, Henry James, Confidence

     There were sounds in the air above his head – sounds of the crunching and rattling of the loose, smooth stones as his neighbors moved about […]

6. (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching.
   • 1993, "Michael Barsoom", [comp.sys.amiga.announce] PackIt Announcement (on newsgroup comp.archives)

     PackIt will not crunch executables, unless told to do so.

7. (software engineering, slang, transitive) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project.

Derived terms

• cruncher

Translations

Noun

crunch (plural crunches)

1. A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching.
2. A critical moment or event.
   • 1985, John C. L. Gibson, Job (page 237)

     The friends, on the contrary, argue that Job does not "know", that only God knows; yet, when it comes to the crunch, they themselves seem to know as much as God knows: for example, that Job is a guilty sinner.

3. A problem that leads to a crisis.
4. (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.
5. (software engineering, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release.
6. A dessert consisting of a crunchy topping with fruit underneath.

   Synonyms: crisp, crumble

7. (cooking, generally in the plural) A small piece created by crushing; a piece of material with a friable or crunchy texture.
8. (India, slang) A shortage.

Coordinate terms

• (abdominal exercise): sit-up, trunk curl

Derived terms

• credit crunch
• crunch time
• crunchy
• reverse crunch
• scrunch

Translations

Spanish

Noun

crunch m (plural crunches)

1. crunch (exercise)

English

Etymology

See truncheon.

Noun

trunch (plural trunches)

1. (obsolete) A stake; a small post.