graunch

graunch |grɔːn (t )ʃ | informal, chiefly Brit. ▶verb [ no obj. ] make a crunching or grinding noise: the wheels graunched against a stone wall. • [ with obj. ] NZ damage (something ): she sat massaging a shoulder she'd graunched last week. ▶noun a crunching or grinding noise. ORIGIN late 19th cent. (originally Leicestershire dialect ): imitative.

graunch

graunch |grɔːn (t )ʃ | informal, chiefly Brit. ▶verb [ no obj. ] make a crunching or grinding noise: the wheels graunched against a stone wall. • [ with obj. ] NZ damage (something ): she sat massaging a shoulder she'd graunched last week. ▶noun a crunching or grinding noise. ORIGIN late 19th cent. (originally Leicestershire dialect ): imitative.