 scrunch |
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| 1. | [ verb ] make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface | |
| Synonyms: | wrinkle crease crinkle scrunch_up crisp ruckle | |
| Examples: | "The dress got wrinkled" |
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| Related terms: | fold pucker pucker wrinkle | |
| 2. | [ verb ] sit on one's heels | |
| Synonyms: | squat crouch hunker_down hunker scrunch_up | |
| Examples: | "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting" "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm" |
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| Related terms: | sit squat | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make a crunching noise, as of an engine lacking lubricants | |
| Synonyms: | crackle thud crunch scranch scraunch crump | |
| Related terms: | go make_noise crump crunch | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants | |
| Synonyms: | thud crump | |
| Related terms: | crump | |
| 5. | [ noun ] a crunching noise | |
| Related terms: | noise crump | |
| Similar spelling: |
scrunch_up scraunch scranch scorn scorner scorned scoring Schranz scrounge scornful Schronce Schriner Schrantz scrum scrounger Schurman scaramouch |
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