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Definition of crunch time
crunch time
noun - uncountable
- a period of time during which optimum performance is critical for the successful outcome of a project, process, task, etc.
Citation from Programming Interviews Exposed 2ed, Mongan, Suojanen and Giguere, 2007 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Jan 02 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 02 2012.
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Other terms relating to 'crunch': | |
| Definitions include: to have a crush on, make cow eyes at, etc. | |
| Definitions include: very drunk or high. | |
| Definitions include: to do math. | |
| Definitions include: a person whose job involves crunching numbers (that is, doing math.) | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: a shortage of time. | |
| Definitions include: similar to "dick smack", but applying to both genders. | |
Other terms relating to 'time': | |
| Definitions include: time to eat. | |
| Definitions include: in a grand way. | |
| Definitions include: an effect in visual media such as movies and video games in which playback is slowed or paused while the camera moves around a moving object such as a bullet. | |
| Definitions include: time spend in front of the TV sitting on one's butt and relaxing. | |
| Definitions include: to serve a sentence in jail or prison. | |
| Definitions include: to do something quickly. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "Estimated Time of Arrival." | |
| Definitions include: the potential of facilitating one's meeting of other people. | |
| Definitions include: physically near a time zone boundary, the later of the two times. | |
| Definitions include: to be over half an hour late to all gatherings. | |
| Definitions include: a decision that will be made close to the time of acting upon that decision. | |
| Definitions include: to pay attention to a person. | |
| Definitions include: excellent. | |
| Definitions include: Everything's good. | |
| Definitions include: time to get serious about doing something. | |
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