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scrunch

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7 lettersPronunciation /skɹʌnt͡ʃ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cchnrsuStarts with SEnds with H0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To crush, squeeze, or wrinkle something into a compact shape.

Word origin

Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch.

Used in a sentence

  • He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.
  • […] and the scrunching of ashes under our feet I have often observed to be disagreeable to many.
  • Then I put them under my heel, and scrunched them up, every one.

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