Definition of "crunching" []

• The act of making a crunch noise. (noun)
• Present participle of crunch. (verb)

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• "Scott said she does not want the salvage yard, because of the noise, which she describes as the crunching of metal, dropping of metal, clanging and banging, mashing, cutting and sawing of metal."
• "I love stats, and it's a problem, because number crunching is really not that useful of a tool and yet I keep turning to it."
• "Clutch goal-scoring, great goaltending and a big defense that revels in crunching guys in the defensive zone."