CRUNCH, CRUNCHING, CRUNCHY
ADJECTIVES
► CRUMP crunchy → 17C US
NOUNS
► SCRANCH the noise made by crunching anything; a sharp, grinding noise → 1881 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► CRAUNCH to crunch, to chew or bite with a crushing noise → 1632
► GROWZE to eat in a noisy manner, to crunch → 1866 Eng. dial.
► RAMSH ► RANSH ► RUNSH to crunch with the teeth → 1825 Sc.
► SCRANCH ► SCRAUNCH ► SKRANSH to crunch, to eat noisily → 1777 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► SCRONCH to crunch; to grind between the teeth → 1828 Amer. dial.
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