scrunch
pronunciation
How to pronounce scrunch in British English:
UK [skrʌntʃ]
How to pronounce scrunch in American English:
US [skrʌntʃ, skrʊntʃ]
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- Noun:
- a crunching noise
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- Verb:
- make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants
- sit on one's heels
- make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface
Word Origin
- scrunch (v.)
- 1825, "to bite," intensive form of crunch (v.); ultimately imitative. Meaning "to squeeze" is recorded from 1835 (implied in scrunched). Related: Scrunching.
Example
- 1. With a scrunch and a skid we drove off at high speed .
- 2. I curled myself into the tightest scrunch I could manage while still sitting up .
- 3. My face continued to scrunch , in sobs and in laughter as I thought cynically about my little moment .
- 4. The shoulders on this jacket against these chairs they can scrunch up so I look like quasimodo .
- 5. To relax , I scrunch up my shoulders to my ears and then slowly let them fall down .