scrunch up meaning

scrunch up as a verb

1. 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, hunker, hunker down

   Type of: sit

2. 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, crisp

   Type of: fold

   Kinds: pucker

scrunch up in a sentence

• His face scrunched up.
• Mary scrunched up her nose.

How to pronounce scrunch up

scrunch up is pronounced /skrʌntʃ ʌp/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.