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scrunch up
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | scrunch up - 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, squat, crouch, scrunchsit, sit down - be seated | | 2. | scrunch up - 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, wrinkle, scrunchfold, 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" |
scrunch up
scrunch up1. To crouch or huddle into a small, cramped position. We all scrunched up so that the guards wouldn't be able to see us. Would the people in the front row mind scrunching up in their seats so the people in back can see better, please?2. To squeeze, crush, or crumple something into a smaller shape, size, or space. A noun or pronoun can be used between "scrunch" and "up"; often followed by "into (something)." I scrunched the note up into a ball and tossed it across the room to Jake. Don't scrunch the newspaper up like that—it makes it hard to read!See also: scrunch, upscrunch something upto crush or crunch up. I pounded the biscuits and scrunched them up into crumbs. He scrunched up the note and threw it upon the fire.See also: scrunch, upscrunch upv.1. To crumple or squeeze something: She scrunched up her nose like she was going to sneeze. I scrunched my gloves up and put them in my pocket.2. To assume a crouched or cramped posture: The dog scrunched up in the corner to keep warm.See also: scrunch, upscrunch up
Synonyms for scrunch upverb sit on one's heelsSynonyms- hunker
- hunker down
- squat
- crouch
- scrunch
Related Wordsverb make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surfaceSynonyms- crease
- crinkle
- crisp
- ruckle
- wrinkle
- scrunch
Related Words- fold
- fold up
- turn up
- pucker
- rumple
- cockle
- crumple
- knit
- ruck
- ruck up
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