Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scrunch

1 sense of scrunch

Sense 1
scrunch -- (a crunching noise)
       => noise -- (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb scrunch

3 senses of scrunch

Sense 1
crump, thud, scrunch -- (make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants)
       => crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle -- (make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the gravel")

Sense 2
squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down -- (sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm")
       => sit, sit down -- (be seated)

Sense 3
wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp -- (make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane")
       => fold, fold up, turn up -- (bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar")

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