scrunch

scrunch
Synonyms and related words:
abrade, atomize, beat, belch, blare, blat, bray, brecciate, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, champ, chaw, chew, chirr, chomp, chump, clang, clangor, clank, clash, comminute, contriturate, craunch, crimp, crimple, crinkle, croak, crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, disintegrate, flour, fragment, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, groan, growl, grumble, jangle, jar, levigate, mash, masticate, mill, munch, pestle, pound, powder, pulverize, rasp, reduce to powder, rimple, ruckle, ruminate, rumple, scranch, scrape, scratch, screw, shard, shred, smash, snarl, snore, squash, triturate, twang, wrinkle

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  • scrunch — [skrʌntʃ] v [i]informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: crunch] if stones, leaves etc scrunch as you walk on them, they make a noisy sound ▪ The dry leaves scrunched under our feet. >scrunch n [singular] ▪ the scrunch of gravel scrunch up [scrunch… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Scrunch — Scrunch, v. t. & v. i. [Cf. {Scranch}, {Crunch}.] To scranch; to crunch. Dickens. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scrunch — 1825, to bite, intensive form of crunch. Meaning to squeeze is recorded from 1884 …   Etymology dictionary

  • scrunch — [v] crumple compress, crumple up, crunch, rumple, squash, squeeze; concept 184 …   New thesaurus

  • scrunch — ► VERB 1) make a loud crunching noise. 2) crush or squeeze into a compact mass. ► NOUN ▪ a loud crunching noise. ORIGIN probably imitative …   English terms dictionary

  • scrunch — [skrunch] vt., vi. [< CRUNCH, with emphatic initial s ] 1. to crunch, crush, or crumple 2. to hunch, huddle, or squeeze n. a crunching or crumpling sound …   English World dictionary

  • scrunch — [[t]skrʌ̱ntʃ[/t]] scrunches, scrunching, scrunched 1) VERB If something scrunches, it makes a loud sound as it is pressed or crushed or as it presses or crushes something else. [V prep] The sand on the floor scrunched under our feet... [V prep]… …   English dictionary

  • scrunch — scrunch1 [ skrʌntʃ ] verb 1. ) scrunch or scrunch up transitive to press or squeeze something into a smaller shape: He scrunched up the letter and stuffed it in his pocket. a ) to squeeze a part of your body into a different shape: She scrunches… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • scrunch — I UK [skrʌntʃ] / US verb Word forms scrunch : present tense I/you/we/they scrunch he/she/it scrunches present participle scrunching past tense scrunched past participle scrunched 1) [intransitive] informal to make a loud noise like something… …   English dictionary

  • scrunch up — verb 1. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in The dress got wrinkled crease the paper like this to make a crane • Syn: ↑wrinkle, ↑ruckle, ↑crease, ↑crinkle, ↑scrunch, ↑c …   Useful english dictionary

  • scrunch — verb (I) informal if stones or other objects scrunch under your feet, they make a noisy sound when you walk on them: The pebbles scrunched as we walked along the beach. scrunch sth up phrasal verb (T) to crush and twist something into a small… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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