scrunch
Use Scrunch in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to crunch, crush, or crumple.
2.
to contract; squeeze together: I had to scrunch my shoulders to get through the door.
verb (used without object)
3.
to squat or hunker (often followed by down ).
noun
4.
the act or sound of scrunching.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to crumple, crush, or crunch or to be crumpled, crushed, or crunched |
| —n | |
| 2. | the act or sound of scrunching |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
scrunch
1825, "to bite," intensive form of crunch. Meaning "to squeeze" is recorded from 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
scrunch definition[skrəntʃ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
The bartender will scrunch up his face and retreat to the register.
These are pictograms that use bright blotches of color to show how the mouth moves, the eyes squint, and the cheeks scrunch.
Then scrunch the bundles to loosen the dry leaves from the stalks.
They have to scrunch up their shoulders and twist their heads around to make the sounds come out right.
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