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scrunch

(skrʌntʃ)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense scrunches, present participle scrunching, past tense, past participle scrunched

1. verb

If something scrunches, it makes a loud sound as it is pressed or crushed or as it presses or crushes something else.

The sand on the floor scrunched under our feet. [VERB preposition]

Her feet scrunch on the gravel. [VERB preposition]

[Also VERB]

2. verb

If you scrunch something, you squeeze it or bend it so that it is no longer in its natural shape and is often crushed.

Her father scrunched his nose. [VERB noun]

Her mother was sitting bolt upright, scrunching her white cotton gloves into a ball. [VERB noun + into]

Synonyms: crumple, crush, squash, crunch More Synonyms of scrunch

Scrunch up means the same as scrunch.

She scrunched up three pages of notes and threw them in the bin. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

I scrunched my hat up in my pocket. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

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scrunch in British English

(skrʌntʃ)

verb

to crumple, crush, or crunch or to be crumpled, crushed, or crunched

noun

the act or sound of scrunching

Word origin

C19: variant of crunch

scrunch in American English

(skrʌntʃ)

verb transitive, verb intransitive

to crunch, crush, or crumple

to hunch, huddle, or squeeze

noun

a crunching or crumpling sound

Word origin

< crunch, with emphatic initial s-

Examples of 'scrunch' in a sentence
scrunch

The scrunch of tyres on the clinker brought Lowery out on deck.The single glimpse she got sufficed to show the tears coursing down and the agonized scrunch of the features.They heard the scrunch of gravel, the sound dying away as Appleby dragged Sweetie through the kitchen garden toward the wood.

1 (verb) in the sense of rustle

Definition

to press or crush noisily or be pressed or crushed noisily

Her feet scrunched on the ground.

Synonyms

rustle

The leaves rustled in the wind.

crackle

whisper

The leaves whispered and rustled in the breeze.

2 (verb) in the sense of crumple

Definition

to press or crush noisily or be pressed or crushed noisily

scrunching her white cotton gloves into a ball

Synonyms

crumple

She crumpled the paper in her hand.

crush

Their vehicle was crushed by an army tank.

squash

She made clay models and squashed them flat again.

crunch

mash

Mash the bananas with a fork.

ruck up

Additional synonyms

in the sense of crush

Definition

to break or grind into small pieces

Their vehicle was crushed by an army tank.

Synonyms

squash,

pound,

break,

smash,

squeeze,

crumble,

crunch,

mash,

compress,

press,

crumple,

pulverize,

comminute

in the sense of mash

Definition

to beat or crush into a mash

Mash the bananas with a fork.

Synonyms

smash,

crush,

pulp,

pound,

beat,

whip,

soften,

squash,

mince,

purée,

liquidize,

macerate

in the sense of squash

Definition

to press or squeeze (something) so as to flatten it

She made clay models and squashed them flat again.

Synonyms

crush,

press,

flatten,

mash,

pound,

smash,

distort,

pulp,

compress,

stamp on,

trample down

Nearby words of
scrunch

scruffy
scrum
scrumptious
scrunch
scruple
scrupulous
scrutinize

Synonyms of 'scrunch'

scrunch

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in the sense of whisper

Definition

to make a low soft rustling sound

The leaves whispered and rustled in the breeze.

Synonyms

rustle,

sigh,

moan,

murmur,

hiss,

swish,

sough,

susurrate (literary)

单词	scrunch
释义	Trends of scrunch View usage for: scrunch (skrʌntʃ) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense scrunches, present participle scrunching, past tense, past participle scrunched 1. verb If something scrunches, it makes a loud sound as it is pressed or crushed or as it presses or crushes something else. The sand on the floor scrunched under our feet. [VERB preposition] Her feet scrunch on the gravel. [VERB preposition] [Also VERB] 2. verb If you scrunch something, you squeeze it or bend it so that it is no longer in its natural shape and is often crushed. Her father scrunched his nose. [VERB noun] Her mother was sitting bolt upright, scrunching her white cotton gloves into a ball. [VERB noun + into] Synonyms: crumple, crush, squash, crunch More Synonyms of scrunch Scrunch up means the same as scrunch. She scrunched up three pages of notes and threw them in the bin. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I scrunched my hat up in my pocket. [VERB noun PARTICLE] More Synonyms of scrunch scrunch in British English (skrʌntʃ) verb 1. to crumple, crush, or crunch or to be crumpled, crushed, or crunched noun 2. the act or sound of scrunching Word origin C19: variant of crunch scrunch in American English (skrʌntʃ) verb transitive, verb intransitive 1. to crunch, crush, or crumple 2. to hunch, huddle, or squeeze noun 3. a crunching or crumpling sound Word origin < crunch, with emphatic initial s- Examples of 'scrunch' in a sentence scrunch The scrunch of tyres on the clinker brought Lowery out on deck. Forsythe, Malcolm THE BOOK LADY (2001) The single glimpse she got sufficed to show the tears coursing down and the agonized scrunch of the features. Murray, Stephen DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2001) They heard the scrunch of gravel, the sound dying away as Appleby dragged Sweetie through the kitchen garden toward the wood. Stephanie Laurens ALL ABOUT LOVE (2001) 1 (verb) in the sense of rustle Definition to press or crush noisily or be pressed or crushed noisily Her feet scrunched on the ground. Synonyms rustle The leaves rustled in the wind. crackle whisper The leaves whispered and rustled in the breeze. 2 (verb) in the sense of crumple Definition to press or crush noisily or be pressed or crushed noisily scrunching her white cotton gloves into a ball Synonyms crumple She crumpled the paper in her hand. crush Their vehicle was crushed by an army tank. squash She made clay models and squashed them flat again. crunch mash Mash the bananas with a fork. ruck up Additional synonyms in the sense of crush Definition to break or grind into small pieces Their vehicle was crushed by an army tank. Synonyms squash, pound, break, smash, squeeze, crumble, crunch, mash, compress, press, crumple, pulverize, comminute in the sense of mash Definition to beat or crush into a mash Mash the bananas with a fork. Synonyms smash, crush, pulp, pound, beat, whip, soften, squash, mince, purée, liquidize, macerate in the sense of squash Definition to press or squeeze (something) so as to flatten it She made clay models and squashed them flat again. Synonyms crush, press, flatten, mash, pound, smash, distort, pulp, compress, stamp on, trample down Nearby words of scrunch scruffy scrum scrumptious scrunch scruple scrupulous scrutinize Synonyms of 'scrunch' scrunch Explore 'scrunch' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of whisper Definition to make a low soft rustling sound The leaves whispered and rustled in the breeze. Synonyms rustle, sigh, moan, murmur, hiss, swish, sough, susurrate (literary)
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