Cruncher

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person or thing that crunches.

    "Even in this hypothetical case, the misapprehension would have to be temporary because something — a noise from the next room, the need to turn pages, dust floating in the projection beam, a noisy cruncher of popcorn — would surely […]"

Example

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"A distracting feature at theatrical performances is the peanut cruncher."

Etymology

From crunch + -er.

Related phrases

carrot crunchercrumb crunchergravel cruncherground crunchernumber cruncheragent noun

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