Crunch may refer to: *

Big Crunch The Big Crunch is a hypothetical scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe, in which the expansion of the universe eventually reverses and the universe recollapses, ultimately causing the cosmic scale factor to reach zero, an event potential ...

, a hypothetical scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe *

Credit crunch A credit crunch (also known as a credit squeeze, credit tightening or credit crisis) is a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans (or credit) or a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from banks. A credit cr ...

, a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans or a sudden tightening of the requirement conditions * Crunch (chocolate bar), a chocolate bar made of milk chocolate and crisped rice *

Crunch Fitness Crunch Fitness is a U.S.-based brand of over 400 franchised and corporate owned fitness clubs located in the United States, Canada, Spain, Portugal, Costa Rica, and Australia. Founded by Doug Levine in 1989, its current Worldwide CEO is Jim Rowle ...

, a chain of over 300 franchised fitness clubs located in the United States, Canada and Australia *

Crunch (video games) In the video game industry, crunch is compulsory overtime during the development of a game. Crunch is common in the industry and can lead to work weeks of 65–80 hours for extended periods of time, often uncompensated. It is often used as a ...

, a period in which video game developers take on significant, often uncompensated overtime *

Crunchiness Crunchiness is the sensation of muffled grinding of a foodstuff. Crunchiness differs from crispness in that a crisp item is quickly atomized, while a crunchy one offers sustained, granular resistance to jaw action. While crispness is difficult t ...

, the sensation of muffled grinding of a foodstuff *

John Draper John Thomas Draper (born March 11, 1943), also known as Captain Crunch, Crunch, or Crunchman (after the Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal mascot), is an American computer programmer and former phreaking, phone phreak. He is a widely known figure wi ...

(born 1943; also "Crunch"), an American computer programmer and legendary former phone phreak

Athletics

* Le Crunch, the traditional name for the England–France rugby match at the Six Nations Championship * Crunch (exercise), one of the most popular abdominal exercises *

Syracuse Crunch The Syracuse Crunch are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They play in Syracuse, New York, at the Upstate Medical University Arena. They are the primary development affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa ...

, a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League

Media

* Crunch, a term used in the context of role-playing games * ''Crunch'' (book), a book written by Jared Bernstein * ''The Crunch'' (comics), an A4 British comic * Crunch (TV programming block), a former Saturday morning programming block dedicated to animation on the Canadian television channel YTV * Crunch Bandicoot, a character from the ''Crash Bandicoot'' franchise of video games

Music

* "The Crunch", a 1977 single by English producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist

Richard Anthony Hewson Richard Anthony Hewson (born 17 November 1943) is an English producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist, who created the studio group RAH Band. Career Hewson began in the late 1960s as an arranger, and has worked with musicians s ...

* ''The Crunch'', a 1984 EP by British post-punk/alternative rock band

The Nightingales Nightingales (a.k.a. The Nightingales) are a British post-punk/alternative rock band, formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England, by four members of Birmingham's punk group The Prefects. They had been part of The Clash's 'White Riot Tour', recorde ...

* ''Crunch'', a 2000 album by American heavy metal band Impellitteri * The Crunch (band), an English/Swedish power pop group * ''Crunch'' (Cry Wolf album), the second album released by the glam rock band Cry Wolf {{disambiguation