scrunch
Plural: scrunches
Noun
- a crunching noise
- A crunching noise.
Verb
Verb Forms: scrunched, scrunching, scrunches
- To crush or crumple something; to huddle up.
- make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
- sit on one's heels
- make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in
- To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
- To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
- To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc.
- Alternative form of scranch.
Examples
- He scrunched his face at his wife's request.
- He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.
- He would SCRUNCH his face in concentration, trying to find a bingo.
Origin / Etymology
Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch.
Synonyms
crease, crinkle, crisp, crouch, crump, hunker, hunker down, ruckle, scrunch up, squat, thud, wrinkle
Scrabble Score: 14
scrunch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordscrunch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
scrunch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary