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scrunch

  [skruhnch, skroonch]
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–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 fol. by down).
–noun
4. the act or sound of scrunching.
Origin:
1815–25; perh. expressive var. of crunch
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scrunch   (skrŭnch, skrŏŏnch)   
v.   scrunched, scrunch·ing, scrunch·es

v.   tr.
  1. To crush or crunch.
  2. To crumple or squeeze; hunch: scrunched up their shoulders; scrunch one's nose against a window.
v.   intr.
  1. To hunch: "The men scrunched closer" (Susan Dworski).
  2. To move with or make a crunching sound: scrunching along the gravel path.
n.  A crunching sound.

[Probably alteration of crunch.]
scrunch'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Scrunch

Scrunch\, v. t. & v. i. [Cf. Scranch, Crunch.] To scranch; to crunch. --Dickens.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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scrunch 
1825, "to bite," intensive form of crunch. Meaning "to squeeze" is recorded from 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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