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crunch

 
 
/krʌnʃ/ verb

Translation

FOOD [I, T] to make a noise by chewing hard food
çatır çutur yemek, ses çıkararak yemek
She was crunching on an apple.8481092
CRUSH [I] to make a sound as if something is being crushed
çatırdamak, çatırtı sesi çıkarmak
The gravel crunched under our feet.1092
(Definition of crunch verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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