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crunch time

crunch time

Date: Mar 12 2009

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“This is an economic crunch time right now. So I want someone else to pay my bills. I want to get like 10 women with money.”

-Rapper Coolio, on his personal stimulus plan. (bet.com)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

critical period of time

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

The rapper Coolio has very modern ideas. He doesn’t think that women need to have a man to support them financially. In fact, he wants a woman to take care of him. Or ten women.

Coolio jokes that he wants someone to pay his bills because we’re in an economic crunch time. In other words, it’s a serious, crucial time for the economy. It can be crunch time for other reasons, too. When it’s the night before an exam and you haven’t studied yet, it’s crunch time. You’d better start studying! The last couple minutes of an important basketball game, when the score is very close, are crunch time. Both teams need to work extra hard to score some more points and win the game. And if you have a big project due at work, it’s also crunch time.

There are a lot of other ways to use crunch. Potato chips are a crunchy snack. When you eat them, you crunch them with your teeth and they make a crunch sound. But if you eat too many of them and you gain weight, you might need to do a lot of crunches, or sit-ups, in order to flatten your tummy.

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“The holiday season is crunch time for most shops. If they don’t sell a lot of money then, they probably won’t do well for the whole year. “

“Finals week is academic crunch time. Students need to study hard for their final exams if they want to do well in their classes. “

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

VOLTS A critical period of time which it is necessary to work hard and fast to end up a task.
by VOLTSSuper Member!
maloud tough time in your life?
by maloud
natalja it is crisis
by natalja
Dani J. down time
by Dani J.
grandjack hard time moneywise
by grandjack
yo man
by chalumpon singhem
Aneet An economic CRISIS I think.
by Aneet
EDITH ^.~ economic crisis
by EDITH ^.~
Hazel_eyes hard time
by Hazel_eyes
banmaixanh time of difficulties in economic, financial crisis
by banmaixanh
Julia*He tough time
by Julia*He
lalobrown a critical situacion,a period of intense pressure.
by lalobrown
Muse503 it means crisis time
by Muse503
kongdehua the time when it is important ,so it's a key time
by kongdehua
critical or serious period of time but its just tamporrarily
by poorworship
Carlos A. time with difficulties
by Carlos A.
a period of intense pressure
by nice_gal3779

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whipiry

whipiry

South Korea

this is my crunch time to study…i have no time to waste it.


no time is going back.

05:51 PM Sep 26 2011 |

mahiii

mahiii

Egypt

okay i think it means there is no time or it's too close or it's too short time or bad condition.that's all.

11:44 PM Jun 25 2009 |

monacovalentina

Italy

It is time to chenge our way of thinking if we want to survive 

06:54 AM Jun 10 2009 |

sophia.wu33

China

It's time to work harder and harder!

04:07 AM Jun 09 2009 |

emmashow1280

China

for me every time i give a speech it is crunch time always. i try to not nervous. and try to be a good speechmaker

03:17 AM Jun 09 2009 |

magasai

Costa Rica

 

is the time when you have to work harder

 

10:47 PM May 22 2009 |

melamarc

melamarc

Philippines

its a recession

02:53 PM May 21 2009 |

cheercherry

China

fast developing and great moment

01:58 AM Mar 27 2009 |

Eydo

Eydo

Turkey

Every one has a crunch time in his/her life, as the countries have too. They are effected eachother. If the country has a crunch that means the people of that country have crunch too. It is just viceversas, if the people have crunch so does the country:)

09:11 AM Mar 18 2009 |

zoebaby

zoebaby

China

it's a crunch time for everything when it begin,

my business is in crunch time now,it's hard to make a break at the begin…

 

07:25 AM Mar 18 2009 |

Khulood

United Arab Emirates

Workplacement is crunch timeSurprised, I have to complete my report before the second semester starts, so that I re-edit and submit it.

04:17 PM Mar 16 2009 |

amany7

amany7

Saudi Arabia

oh noooooo…

I wont eat crunchy potato no way ..Surprised

coz I don't want to do alot of crunches I already have crunchy time.. T.T…

all crunch x crunch T.T..

:D…

12:01 AM Mar 15 2009 |

zeinabou

zeinabou

Egypt

I AM GOING TO USA I HAVE TO IMPROVE MY ENGLISH BEFORE..it s a crunch time.

04:32 PM Mar 14 2009 |

monacovalentina

Italy

very difficult and cruciaal period

07:28 AM Mar 14 2009 |

monacovalentina

Italy

very difficult and cruciaal period

07:28 AM Mar 14 2009 |

lala_smith

lala_smith

Jordan

it is a good word

i like crunch, hot bread in winter.Cool

i hate crunch times

06:23 PM Mar 13 2009 |

marwamgalal

Egypt

I'm facing crunch time these days;i wanna proceed with my French course besides preparing some material before i'm back to work. 

 

07:39 AM Mar 13 2009 |

hu.runrun

United States

 i am in cruch time now too, i was just out of my job ,i am presses about finding work ,i want to change my job engage in trade ,i am very depressed,how to do it?my dear friends ,tell me what am i going now,and sincerely regard to you.

hope you everything well.

03:07 AM Mar 13 2009 |

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