scrunch

scrunch  (skrnch, skrnch)

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.

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[Probably alteration of crunch.]

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scruncha·ble adj.

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scrunch

Verb

to press or crush noisily or be pressed or crushed noisily

Noun

the act or sound of scrunching: the scrunch of tyres on gravel [variant of crunch]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scrunch - a crunching noise                     noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"
Verb	1.	scrunch - make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants crump, thud crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle - make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel"
	2.	scrunch - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" hunker, hunker down, scrunch up, squat, crouch sit, sit down - be seated
	3.	scrunch - make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle fold, fold up, turn up - bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit - to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" ruck, ruck up, pucker - become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered"

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scrunch

verb crumple, crush, squash, crunch, mash, ruck up