noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of something being scrunched.

   "She was oblivious of all around her, and her facial twistings and scrunchings were droll."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of scrunch form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

crumpwrinkleabradeatomizebeatbelch

Example

More examples

"Matthew stopped hearing the scrunching in the snow behind him."

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