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scrunch

[ skruhnch, skroonch ]

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.

scrunch

/ ʌԳʃ /

verb

  1. to crumple, crush, or crunch or to be crumpled, crushed, or crunched
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or sound of scrunching
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scrunch1

First recorded in 1815–25; perhaps expressive variant of crunch
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scrunch1

C19: variant of crunch
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Or a small, scrunched face slumbering in a stroller.

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Manage your draughts by putting a black bag with scrunched up paper up an unused chimney, or try limiting other draughts around the home.

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“It has a warm feel, not like …” Her face scrunched as if she had stepped on a snail, and she waited a beat before referencing the county’s recent purchase.

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Since the mid-1960s, microscopists have seen that axons can scrunch up to form beads when they are diseased or under other stress.

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On bad nights for the bandleaders and their players, they caught a little sleep on the bus or in the car, scrunched between sweaty orchestra mates.

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