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scrunch
[skruhnch, skroonch]
verb (used with object)
to crunch, crush, or crumple.
to contract; squeeze together.
I had to scrunch my shoulders to get through the door.
verb (used without object)
to squat or hunker (often followed bydown ).
noun
the act or sound of scrunching.
scrunch
/ ʌԳʃ /
verb
to crumple, crush, or crunch or to be crumpled, crushed, or crunched
noun
the act or sound of scrunching
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of scrunch1
Example Sentences
Or a small, scrunched face slumbering in a stroller.
Manage your draughts by putting a black bag with scrunched up paper up an unused chimney, or try limiting other draughts around the home.
“It has a warm feel, not like …” Her face scrunched as if she had stepped on a snail, and she waited a beat before referencing the county’s recent purchase.
Since the mid-1960s, microscopists have seen that axons can scrunch up to form beads when they are diseased or under other stress.
On bad nights for the bandleaders and their players, they caught a little sleep on the bus or in the car, scrunched between sweaty orchestra mates.
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