scrunch.
To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
Meaning & usage
To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.
To crumple and squeeze to make more compact. To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc.
He scrunched his face at his wife's confounding request.
Alternative form of scranch.
Where this word comes from
Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch.
A crunching noise.
Where this word comes from
Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch.
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