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Definition of Scrunch
1. Verb. Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants.
Generic synonyms: Crackle, Crunch, Scranch, Scraunch
Derivative terms: Thud
2. Noun. A crunching noise.
3. Verb. Sit on one's heels. "There scrunch some children in the rocking chair"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
Generic synonyms: Sit, Sit Down
Derivative terms: Squat, Squat, Squatting
4. Verb. Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. "They scrunch the sheets"; "Crease the paper like this to make a crane"
Generic synonyms: Fold, Fold Up, Turn Up
Specialized synonyms: Cockle, Crumple, Knit, Pucker, Rumple, Pucker, Ruck, Ruck Up
Derivative terms: Crease, Crinkle, Wrinkle
Definition of Scrunch
1. v. t. & v. i. To scranch; to crunch.
Definition of Scrunch
1. Verb. To crumple and squeeze to make more compact. ¹
2. Noun. A crunching noise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scrunch
1. to crush [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: crush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrunch
Literary usage of Scrunch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Friendly Counsel for Girls, Or, Words in Season by Sydney Cox (1868)
"the new owner of the Hall was Jonathan scrunch, Esq., of the well-known firm of
scrunch, Johnson, and Co., and that having no son to succeed him in their ..."
2. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"Chinch, to ' point ' buildings. Dencher-pont, ' a pile of stubble, etc., Linch, '
little strip of boundary land." scrunch. for burning. ..."
3. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1884)
"The monotonous scrunch, scrunch, scrunch of the traveller's footsteps was only
varied by the throbbing of his heart, which, when he stopped at intervals to ..."
4. Later Leaves: Being the Further Reminiscences of Montagu Williams by Montagu Stephen Williams (1891)
"Another ended with : " One big scrunch, and heaps of love. ... In reply to a
question, the witness explained that a "scrunch" meant an affectionate embrace. ..."
5. The Two Americas: An Account of Sport and Travel ; with Notes on Men and by Rose Lambart Price (1877)
"Down went the helm—scrunch, scrunch, went the starboard screw to get the old
beast round — and away goes the good-natured skipper to look for the lost rag. ..."
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