Scranch

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to crunch. archaic, transitive
  2. 2
    make a crushing noise wordnet

Etymology

Compare Dutch schransen (“to eat greedily”), German schranzen. Compare crunch, scrunch.

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