Sekirov Dictionary

scrunch

/skɹʌnt͡ʃ/

verb 2
noun 1
forms 3
phrases 1

verb2

•
To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
- He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.
•
To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc.
- He scrunched his face at his wife's confounding request.

noun1

•
A crunching noise.
- The watchers knew already that the door was fastened and looked for the unknown to produce a key. Instead, there was a sudden scrunch of iron, a splintering of wood, and the door swung loosely open. — 1927

forms

scrunched · scrunching · scrunches

Phrases with scrunch

scrunch up
To scrunch one's face or a part of one's face.

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