verb (gerund/present participle) / noun
mastigação; esmagamento; crocância
1. Making a loud, sharp, breaking sound when bitten or crushed
The crunching sound of leaves under my feet was satisfying.
O som de mastigação das folhas sob meus pés era satisfatório.
2. Processing large amounts of data or performing complex calculations
The computer was crunching numbers all night.
O computador estava processando números a noite toda.
3. Eating something crispy or hard with audible sound
She was crunching on celery while reading.
Ela estava mastigando cenoura crocante enquanto lia.
NYC Slang
crushing it (when referring to processing/working hard)
Related Idioms & Phrases
number crunching - processamento de dados
crunch time - momento crítico
crunching numbers - processar/calcular números
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