uncrunch

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verb

To decompress.

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Meanings

verbuncrunch (third-person singular simple present uncrunches, present participle uncrunching, simple past and past participle uncrunched)

present singular third person uncrunches · participle present uncrunching · participle past uncrunched · past uncrunched

  1. transitivecomputingTo decompress.

    Load (but do not run) the BASIC program you want to uncrunch.

    1986, Compute: Volume 8
    2 more examples

    Thus when you invoke the crunched version of emacs, for instance, it actually loads the uncruncher, which then loads and uncrunches the rest of emacs.

    1989, Ranjit Bhatnagar, “Saving Disk Space (was Re: Relying on ARP)”, in comp.sys.amiga (Usenet)

    Presumably, having uncrunched the data from the compressed archive, it's faster to reload the uncrunched version if it's needed again.

    2002, Mark Blunden, “Temple District”, in alt.games.baldurs-gate (Usenet)

Origin

From un- + crunch.

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APA

uncrunch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrunch

MLA

“uncrunch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrunch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncrunch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncrunch.

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