deliberately deviating from what is good; "there will always be a few people who, through macho perversity, gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism"
the sound of something crunching; "he heard the crunch of footsteps on the gravel path"
a critical situation that arises because of a shortage (as a shortage of time or money or resources); "an end-of-the year crunch"; "a financial crunch"
make crunching noises; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
chew noisily; "The children crunched the celery sticks"
the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"