craunch

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

See crunch.

With all the power of her limbs she sprang and clutched; with all the power of her love she craunched. — Woodland Tales, Ernest Thompson Seton
She would craunch the wing of a lark, bones and all, between her teeth, although it were nine times as large as that of a full-grown turkey; and put a bit of bread into her mouth as big as two twelve-penny loaves. — Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, Jonathan Swift
She would craunch the wing of a lark, bones and all, between her teeth, although it were nine times as large as that of a full-grown turkey; and put a bit of bread in her mouth as big as two twelve-penny loaves. — Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World, Jonathan Swift

crunch, cranch, grind

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