He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.
Source: wiktionary
Scrunch
//skɹʌnt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "scrunch" (99 found)
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Translations
19 translations across 8 languages.
Danish
3 entries- knase noun (crunching noise)
- mase noun (crunching noise)
- mase verb (crumple)
Faroese
1 entries- rukka saman verb (crumple)
German
4 entries- knüllen verb (crumple)
- zerknautschen verb (crumple)
- zerknüllen verb (crumple)
- zusammenknautschen verb (crumple)
Italian
2 entries- accartocciare verb (crumple)
- compattare verb (crumple)
Māori
1 entries- kopenu verb (crumple)
Portuguese
1 entries- apertar noun (crunching noise)
Spanish
1 entries- arrugar verb (crumple)
Swedish
4 entries- knaster noun (crunching noise)
- krasande noun (crunching noise)
- knyckla ihop verb (crumple)
- krossa verb (crumple)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
[…] and the scrunching of ashes under our feet I have often observed to be disagreeable to many.
Source: wiktionary
Then I put them under my heel, and scrunched them up, every one.
Source: wiktionary
He scrunched his face at his wife's confounding request.
Source: wiktionary
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