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1. verb(to crush noisily (something hard), with the teeth, feet etc: She crunched sweets all through the film.) knase, knuse2. nounthe crunch of gravel under the car wheels.) knasing- crunchyknaseIsubst. \/krʌn(t)ʃ\/1) knasking, knasing2) pengemangelthe crunch det avgjørende punkt, det avgjørende øyeblikk, sakens kjernenår det kommer til stykket \/ når det virkelig gjelderIIverb \/krʌn(t)ʃ\/1) knase i seg, knaske på, tygge i stykker2) trampe på, knase mot3) knirke, knase, lage knaselyd, lage knirkelyd
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