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Scrunched

To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.

📖 Definitions of "Scrunched"

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To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
"He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl."

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Word	Definition
crinkleverb	A wrinkle, fold, crease, or unevenness.
ruckleverb	To crease or wrinkle.
crunchverb	To crush something, especially food, with a noisy crackling sound.
creaseverb	A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
wrinkleverb	A small furrow, ridge or crease in an otherwise smooth surface.
crispverb	Senses relating to brittleness.
crumpverb	(intransitive) To produce such a sound.
crouchverb	(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
thudverb	(intransitive) To make the sound of a dull impact.
squatverb	To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
hunker downverb	(idiomatic) To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.
scrunch upverb	(informal, transitive) To scrunch one's face or a part of one's face.
scrunchynoun	Alternative spelling of scrunchie. [A small elasticated ring of fabric placed around long hair to hold it in place behind the head.]
squinchedverb	having eyes half closed in order to see better
crunchedverb	reduced to small pieces
crinkled	Having crinkles
squishedverb	(transitive, informal) To squeeze, compress, or crush (especially something moist).
crumpled	Squeezed into a compact mass by irregular folds.
creasedverb	Having a crease or creases.
squashed	squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp

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