Scrunch

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scrunch \Scrunch\, v. t. & v. i. [Cf. {Scranch}, {Crunch}.]
     To scranch; to crunch. --Dickens.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  scrunch
       n : a crunching noise
       v 1: make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants [syn: {crump},
             {thud}]
       2: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
          while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
          themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: {squat}, {crouch}, {scrunch
          up}, {hunker}, {hunker down}]
       3: make wrinkles or creases into a smooth surface; "The dress
          got wrinkled" [syn: {wrinkle}, {ruckle}, {crease}, {crinkle},
           {scrunch up}, {crisp}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "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