craunch

[ krawnch, krahnch ]

/ krɔntʃ, krɑntʃ /

crunch.

Origin of craunch

First recorded in 1625–35; variant of cranch

craunch·ing·ly, adverb

After a year, Craunch came up from the country to see how his ward was getting along.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) |Elbert Hubbard
T was a very beautiful picture, although it is not on record that Mr. Craunch was a handsome man.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) |Elbert Hubbard
Indeed, not a sound was to be heard, except the creak and craunch of the dry snow under our feet.

Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker |S. Weir Mitchell
Craunch listened with patience and advised with the boy's parents.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 4 (of 14) |Elbert Hubbard

Meantime, Captain Woodhouse and the lion were both lying wounded on the ground, and the lion began to craunch his arm.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVI, July 1852, Vol. V |Various

craunch

/ (krɔːntʃ) /

a dialect word for crunch

craunchable, adjective craunchy, adjective craunchiness, noun