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scrummage |
scrumptious |
scrumptiously |
scrumpy |
scrunch
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| scruple
| scrupler
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| scrupulist
scrunch
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scrunch has 1 sense
- scrunch(n = noun.event) Array - a crunching noise; Array is a kind of noise
Derived form verb scrunch1
Verb scrunch has 3 senses
- scrunch(v = verb.perception) crump, thud - make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants; Array is one way to crackle, crunch, scranch, scraunch
- scrunch(v = verb.contact) crouch, hunker, hunker down, scrunch up, squat - sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" is one way to sit, sit down
- scrunch(v = verb.contact) crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch up, wrinkle - 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" is one way to fold, fold up, turn up
Derived form noun scrunch1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Sample sentences:
The children scrunch in the rocking chair
There scrunch some children in the rocking chair
Sample sentence:
They scrunch the sheets
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scrunch, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr.
1 (usu. foll. by up) make or become crushed or crumpled.
2 make or cause to make a crunching sound.
--n. the act or an instance of scrunching.
--v.tr. & intr.
1 (usu. foll. by up) make or become crushed or crumpled.
2 make or cause to make a crunching sound.
--n. the act or an instance of scrunching.
Etymology
var. of CRUNCH
THESAURUS
scrunch
abrade, atomize, beat, belch, blare, blat, bray, brecciate, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, champ, chaw, chew, chirr, chomp, chump, clang, clangor, clank, clash, comminute, contriturate, craunch, crimp, crimple, crinkle, croak, crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, disintegrate, flour, fragment, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, groan, growl, grumble, jangle, jar, levigate, mash, masticate, mill, munch, pestle, pound, powder, pulverize, rasp, reduce to powder, rimple, ruckle, ruminate, rumple, scranch, scrape, scratch, screw, shard, shred, smash, snarl, snore, squash, triturate, twang, wrinkle
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