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(skrunc̸h)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to crunch, crush, or crumple
to hunch, huddle, or squeeze

Origin: < crunch, with emphatic initial s-

noun

a crunching or crumpling sound

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verb scrunched, scrunch·ing, scrunch·es

verb, transitive

To crush or crunch.
To crumple or squeeze; hunch: scrunched up their shoulders; scrunch one's nose against a window.

verb, intransitive

To hunch: “The men scrunched closer” (Susan Dworski).
To move with or make a crunching sound: scrunching along the gravel path.

noun

A crunching sound.

Origin:

Origin: Probably alteration of crunch

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Related Forms:

scrunchˈa·ble adjective

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