Synonym: bray, comminute, compaction, crackle, cranch, craunch, crush, grind, mash, munch, scranch, scraunch. Similar words: scrunch, punch, bunch, lunch, launch, truncated, staunch, unchangeable. Meaning: [krʌntʃ] n. 1. the sound of something crunching 2. a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources) 3. the act of crushing. v. 1. make crunching noises 2. press or grind with a crunching noise 3. chew noisily 4. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading.
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121, I could feel the crunch of the snow under my boots.
122, The WSJ reports hedge fund AUM are restored to (and predicted to beat) the record $2 trillion levels set just before the credit crunch three years ago.
123, A shakeout is unavoidable and it is being made worse by the worldwide credit crunch.
124, The credit crunch is not passing by without a trace, however.
125, I had been assisting the department during a crunch period of being very short - handed, and was watching everyone get close to burn-out .
126, The crunch of the crostini, the slitheriness of the penne alla vodka — a question preoccupying philosophers is where these personal experiences fit within a purely physical theory of the mind.
127, This saved them from the worst of the subprime - related credit crunch.
128, The KFC advert was promoting the chain's Zinger Crunch salad and featured office workers singing inaudibly while eating the salad.
129, At the same time, the overbuilding binge that glutted America's skylines with vacant buildings has pushed the construction industry into a depression and helped precipitate a general credit crunch.
130, It is difficult to roll over new debt , given the credit crunch.
131, Families already struggling to cope with the effects of the credit crunch.
132, Today, the credit crunch is putting the brakes on outside film financing.
133, You never know when the next job crunch will come.
134, The gathering was the latest multi-national effort to contain fallout from a credit crunch that has sparked market meltdowns and threatened worldwide economic growth.
135, When this year's M.B.A. applicants graduate, they will enter a dramatically different Wall Street and potentially smaller job market that has been altered by the ripple effects of the credit crunch.
136, Debt Management: Recessions mean crunch time for debtors, and them're certain to command some guidance.
137, The credit crunch and the strong dollar have cut foreign sales.
138, As one of the Observer's interviewees (William Cran) observed, when we spoke about the impact of the credit crunch: "It feels as though I am getting back to normal."
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139, The airline business floundered as fuel prices surged the credit crunch hit and world - wide travel plunged.
140, They're against our plan now but when it comes to the crunch they'll support us.
141, Crunch climate change talks may be doomed to failure in Copenhagen next month, with a legally binding deal on emissions now decreasingly likely, admitted leaders from across the Asia Pacific region.
142, The ongoing, made-in-America credit crunch and the global slump that has followed point to Bush as all-time biggest bungler.
143, In this light, the credit crunch seems like old news.
144, Will the 13 - month - old credit crunch get even worse and drag down the entire global economy?
145, Nicholas Colas, director of research at the financial technology firm BNY Convergex, says the credit crunch exposed the sheer precariousness of the global economy.
146, When international borrowing seized up last month, the region found itself stuck in its own credit crunch.
147, A full - blown dollar crisis top of a credit crunch and a weakening economy would be frightening.
148, A latecomer to the credit crunch, Berlin's challenge is to keep German banks lending.
149, Many in Germany saw the modest 74 - year - old as a hapless victim of the credit crunch.
150, Cutting corners is generally not good practice, but in an impossible crunch, the half-cup speedster might be the person for the job.
More similar words: scrunch, punch, bunch, lunch, launch, truncated, staunch, unchangeable, run, crush, crust, cruise, accrue, run out, trunk, run off, crucial, recruit, scrutiny, run down, on the run, runner, run into, run out of, run over, scrub brush, scrupulous, run after, inscrutable, excruciating.