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scrunch

  [skruhnch, skroonch]
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 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
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
scrunch [skrəntʃ]

  1. tv.
    to crush or crunch. : I hate crowds. I am afraid people will scrunch me.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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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