scrunch meaning

scrunch as a verb

1. make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

   Synonyms: crump, thud

   Type of: crunch

2. sit on one's heels
   • In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
   • The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm

   Synonyms: squat, crouch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down

   Type of: sit

3. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic
   • The dress got wrinkled
   • crease the paper like this to make a crane

   Synonyms: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch up, crisp

   Type of: fold

   Kinds: pucker

scrunch as a noun

1. a crunching noise

   Type of: noise

How to pronounce scrunch

scrunch is pronounced /skrʌntʃ/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with scrunch

• bunch
• punch
• hunch
• lunch
• munch
• brunch