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uncrunch

uncrunch verb: to decompress.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To decompress.
    • Load (but do not run) the BASIC program you want to uncrunch.1986, Compute: Volume 8
    • 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)

Forms of uncrunch

third-person singular presentuncrunches
present participleuncrunching
past participleuncrunched
pastuncrunched

Origin of uncrunch

From un- + crunch.

Questions about uncrunch

What does uncrunch mean?
Uncrunch means to decompress.
What part of speech is uncrunch?
Uncrunch is a verb.
What is the past tense of uncrunch?
The past tense of uncrunch is uncrunched.

Words near uncrunch in the dictionary

  1. uncrumbled
  2. uncrumple
  3. uncrumpled
  4. uncrumples
  5. uncrumpling
  6. uncrunch
  7. uncrunched
  8. uncrunches
  9. uncrunching
  10. uncrush
  11. uncrushability

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