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scrunch (skrunc̸h)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to crunch, crush, or crumple
  2. to hunch, huddle, or squeeze

Etymology: < crunch, with emphatic initial s-

noun

a crunching or crumpling sound

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

scrunch Usage Examples

Object

  • spectrum: Source comments: S C R U N C H Figaro routine to scrunch a spectrum or set of spectra.

Modifies a noun

  • test: To distinguish the different types of metal and shiny plastics using magnets and a " scrunch test.

Modifying Another Word

  • up: It can be worn round your shoulders to keep of the chill or scrunched up round your neck like a long scarf.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • down: Although the top was lowered, she had not seen him before because he was scrunched down out of view.

Particle object: up_obj

  • newspaper: Drying room even has box of scrunched up re-used newspaper to put in boots.

Present participle complement

  • accord: If it is 2-D, then each spectrum will be scrunched according to the corresponding cross-section of the wavelength array.

Preposition: up

  • paper: Leaves, scrunched up paper and small pieces of sponge can also be used to make different types of patterns.
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