Synonyms for scrunch

Grammar : Verb

Spell : skruhnch, skroo nch

Phonetic Transcription : skrʌntʃ, skrʊntʃ

Définition of scrunch

Origin : 1825, "to bite," intensive form of crunch (v.); ultimately imitative. Meaning "to squeeze" is recorded from 1835 (implied in scrunched). Related: Scrunching.

verb crumple

Example sentences :

She does not want to listen or talk, she only wants to scrunch betel, and grunt.
Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael

"Scrunch 'em, sir," returned the other, setting his heel heavily on the floor.
Extract from : « The Cricket on the Hearth » by Charles Dickens

She was roused by the scrunch of carriage wheels on the gravel drive.
Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens

There'd be one scrunch and then quite a long pause before the next.
Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris

At last the scrunch of a boot on the wet road struck his ear.
Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown

Peter took it and gave it a scrunch which had in it nothing of the invalid.
Extract from : « The Sins of the Children » by Cosmo Hamilton

There was no scrunch of footsteps, the snow muffled all such sounds.
Extract from : « In the Brooding Wild » by Ridgwell Cullum

If they stepped on your bare foot they'd scrunch it, wouldn't they?
Extract from : « New Chronicles of Rebecca » by Kate Douglas Wiggin

She thought she heard the scrunch of Kate's feet down there, but she was not sure.
Extract from : « The Lookout Man » by B. M. Bower

I have found out that you must either scrunch them, or let them scrunch you.
Extract from : « Our Mutual Friend » by Charles Dickens

Antonyms for scrunch

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