scrunt /skɹʌnt/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A beggar or destitute person.It's a fine, ennobling thing, is poverty. It would make me a brutal scrunt, and you a whinging harridan in three years. — 1938 •An abrupt, high-pitched sound.But Jess would not budge, and all of a sudden I sees a white flash in the dark, and hears a rattle of harness, and a scrunt in the shafts as Jess shook her head clear of the blow. — 1901 verb1 •To beg or scrounge.On the other hand in countries where people scrunt to live, the birth rate is high. — 1976 formsscrunted · scrunting · scrunts
