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Definition of Scrunch up
1. Verb. Sit on one's heels. "There scrunch up 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
2. Verb. Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in. "They scrunch up 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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrunch Up
Literary usage of Scrunch up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Mark Twain by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"Miss Watson would say, "Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry;" and "Don't
scrunch up like that, Huckleberry — set up straight;" and pretty soon she ..."
2. The Chinese Recorder and Missionary Journal (1907)
"Miss Watson would say : ' Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry, and don't
scrunch up like that Huckleberry, set up straight. ..."
3. Correct Social Usage: A Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment by George Rippey Stewart (1906)
"Miss Watson would say, 'Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry,' and 'Don't
scrunch up like that, Huckleberry; set up straight," and pretty soon she ..."
4. African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous (1908)
"... soft meat of the buttocks is devoured in great lumps, which are swallowed
whole with the skin attached. No lion will ever scrunch up heavy bones like a ..."
5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"Miss Watson would say, "Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry;" and "Don't
scrunch up like that, Huckleberry — set up straight;" and pretty soon she ..."
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