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)
  1. to squat or hunker (often followed by down).

noun
  1. the act or sound of scrunching.

Origin of scrunch

1
First recorded in 1815–25; perhaps expressive variant of crunch

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British Dictionary definitions for scrunch

scrunch

/ (skrʌntʃ) /


verb
  1. to crumple, crush, or crunch or to be crumpled, crushed, or crunched

noun
  1. the act or sound of scrunching

Origin of scrunch

1
C19: variant of crunch

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