cranch

An obsolete verb meaning to crush or grind noisily, or to chew with a cracking sound.

• 🇫🇷Verbe désuet signifiant écraser ou broyer bruyamment, ou mâcher avec un bruit de craquement.

1. Crush or grind noisily C2 informal

   To press, grind, or crush something with a loud, harsh, or crunching sound.

   • He cranch the ice cubes between his teeth.
   • The old machine cranch the metal scraps into small pieces.
   • She cranch the nuts with a heavy stone.

   🇫🇷Écraser ou broyer bruyamment

   Synonymes: crunchgrategrindscranchscrunch