v. i.
And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ship crunched through the ice. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]
The crunching and ratting of the loose stones. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch;
v. t. & v. i. [ Cf. Scranch, Crunch. ] To scranch; to crunch. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]