| inglese > italiano | |
| crunch | |
| 1. sost. rosicchiamento, scricchiolio | |
| 2. sost. (senso figurato) momento critico | |
| 3. sost. (gergale), (sport) (soprattutto al plurale) flessioni addominali | |
| to do crunches - fare flessioni | |
| 4. verb. sgranocchiare, rosicchiare | |
| she was crunching some peanuts - stava sgranocchiando delle noccioline | |
| 5. verb. spiaccicare o frantumare qualcosa producendo rumore | |
| our boots crunched the ice as we passed - i nostri scarponi frantumavano il ghiaccio al nostro passaggio | |
| 6. verb. (gergale), (matematica) eseguire operazioni matematiche | |
| to crunch numbers - fare i calcoli | |
| 7. verb. spiaccicarsi, frantumarsi rumorosamente | |
| the ice crunched under our boots - il ghiaccio si frantumò sotto i nostri scarponi | |
| 8. verb. scricchiolare, cigolare | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| crunch | |
| 1. v. To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound. |  |
| When I came home, Susan was watching TV with her feet up on the couch, crunching a piece of celery. |  |
| 2. v. To be crushed with a noisy crackling sound. |  |
| Beetles crunched beneath the men's heavy boots as they worked. |  |
| 3. v. (slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators. |  |
| That metadata makes it much easier for the search engine to crunch the data for queries. |  |
| 4. v. To grind or press with violence and noise. |  |
| 5. v. To emit a grinding or crunching noise. |  |
| 6. v. (computing, transitive) To compress (data) using a particular algorithm, so that it can be restored by decrunching. |  |
| 7. v. (software development, slang) To make employees work overtime in order to meet a deadline in the development of a project. |  |
| 8. subst. A noisy crackling sound; the sound usually associated with crunching. |  |
| 9. subst. A critical moment or event. |  |
| 10. subst. A problem that leads to a crisis. |  |
| 11. subst. (exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor. |  |
| 12. subst. (uncommon, generally plural) A small piece created by crushing; pieces of material with a friable or crunchy texture. |  |
| 13. subst. (software development, slang) The overtime work required to catch up and finish a project, usually in the final weeks of development before release. |  |