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Pos: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun scrunch has 1 senses

   scrunch(n = noun.event) Array - a crunching noise; Array
is a kind of
noise
Derived form verb scrunch1


Verb scrunch has 3 senses

1.  scrunch(v = verb.perception) crump, thud - make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants; Array
is one way to crackle, crunch, scranch, scraunch
Derived form noun scrunch1
Sample sentences: Something ----s

2.  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
Sample sentences: The children scrunch in the rocking chair; There scrunch some children in the rocking chair

3.  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
Sample sentences: They scrunch the sheets


[CIDE DICTIONARY]

scrunch, v. t. & v. i. [Cf. Scranch, Crunch.].

   To scranch; to crunch. Dickens. [1913 Webster]


[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.

Etymology:
var. of CRUNCH


[RELATED WORDS]

scrunch up