THE CRUNCH

Meaning of THE CRUNCH in English

the difficult time, the day we have less money

The crunch is coming - when we have one salary instead of two.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

THE CRUNCH — informal the crucial point of a situation. → crunch
Concise Oxford English vocab
THE CRUNCH — the difficult time, the day we have less money The crunch is coming - when we have one salary instead …
English Idioms vocab
CRUNCH — I. ˈkrənch verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: alteration of craunch (I) intransitive verb 1. : to chew with a crushing …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRUNCH — (v. t.) To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.
Английский словарь Webster
CRUNCH — ( v. t. ) To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CRUNCH — — crunchable , adj. /krunch/ , v.t. 1. to crush with the teeth; chew with a crushing noise. 2. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRUNCH — I. ˈkrənch verb Etymology: alteration of craunch Date: 1706 intransitive verb 1. : to chew or press with a crushing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRUNCH — vi to emit a grinding or craunching noise. 2. crunch ·vi to grind or press with violence and noise. 3. …
Webster English vocab
CRUNCH — [crunch] vb [alter. of craunch] vi (1814) 1: to chew or press with a crushing noise 2: to make one's …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRUNCH — crunch BrE AmE krʌn t ʃ ▷ crunched krʌn t ʃt ▷ crunches ˈkrʌn t ʃ ɪz -əz ▷ crunching …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CRUNCH — / krʌntʃ; NAmE / noun , verb , adjective ■ noun 1. [ C , usually sing. ] a noise …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRUNCH — I. crunch 1 /krʌntʃ/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [singular] a noise like the sound of something being crushed: The …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRUNCH — ( crunches, crunching, crunched) 1. If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRUNCH — (~es, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If you ~ something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CRUNCH — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a credit crunch/squeeze (= a situation in which people are not allowed as much …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRUNCH — [noun] [C usually singular]The woods were silent apart from the crunch of our feet in the snow.We heard the crunch …
Cambridge English vocab
CRUNCH — I. noun Crunch is used after these nouns: ↑ credit II. verb ADVERB ▪ loudly ▪ underfoot ▪ Snow ~ed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CRUNCH — n. 25B6; verb she crunched the biscuit with relish : MUNCH, chomp, champ, scrunch, bite into. 25B6; noun (informal) when …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRUNCH — 1. < jargon > To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way. Connotes an essentially trivial operation that is …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
CRUNCH — v. 1 chew, bite, crush, grind, munch He crunched the nuts between his teeth n. 2 moment of truth, decision …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CRUNCH — (See the crunch)
English Idioms vocab
CRUNCH — 1. сущ. 1) хруст, треск, скрип Syn : crackle 1., creak 1., squeak 1. 2) а) решающий момент, перелом to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRUNCH — crunch.ogg 1. krʌntʃ n 1. хруст; скрип, треск 2. разг. решающий момент; перелом; кризисная ситуация to come to the /a/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRUNCH — crunch сущ.1) хруст, треск, скрип Syn:crackle 1., creak 1., squeak 1. 2) а) решающий момент, перелом to come to the …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CRUNCH — 1. krʌntʃ n 1. хруст; скрип, треск 2. разг. решающий момент; перелом; кризисная ситуация to come to the /a/ crunch …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CRUNCH — 1. сущ. 1) хруст, треск, скрип 2) а) ( the crunch ) критический, решающий момент If / when it comes …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CRUNCH — 1. сущ. 1) хруст, треск, скрип 2) а) (the crunch) критический, решающий момент If / when it comes to the crunch — если / …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CRUNCH — 1. _n. 1> хруст 2> скрип; треск 2. _v. 1> грызть; хрустеть - crunch down - crunch up 2> скрипеть …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CRUNCH — 1. n. 1. хруст 2. скрип; треск 2. v. 1. грызть; хрустеть - crunch down - crunch up 2. скрипеть …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CRUNCH — грызть; хрустеть скрипеть под ногами; трещать хруст; скрип; треск напряженка; кризисная ситуация; перелом; решающий момент ограничение кредита; the crunch - безденежье crunch up, crunch down -размалывать, …
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CRUNCH — - capacity crunch - credit crunch - profit crunch
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
CRUNCH — crunch n infml We seem to be in a crunch of one kind or another all the time У нас …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
CRUNCH — 1. сущ. 1) хруст, треск, скрип Syn : crackle 1., creak 1., squeak 1. 2) а) решающий момент, перелом to …
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
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SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
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OPEN — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a competition is open to sb (= used to say who can enter a …
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LIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cigarette lighter (= something that produces a flame for lighting cigarettes ) ▪ …
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DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
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