Scrunch

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Scrunch, v. t. & v. i. [Cf. Scranch, Crunch.].

 To scranch; to crunch.  Dickens.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Scrunch, v. & n.
--v.tr. & intr.
1 (usu. foll. by up) make or become crushed or crumpled.
2 make or cause to make a crunching sound.
--n. the act or an instance of scrunching.

Etymology

var. of CRUNCH

THESAURUS

Scrunch

abrade, atomize, beat, belch, blare, blat, bray, brecciate, burr, buzz, cackle, caw, champ, chaw, chew, chirr, chomp, chump, clang, clangor, clank, clash, comminute, contriturate, craunch, crimp, crimple, crinkle, croak, crumb, crumble, crump, crunch, crush, disintegrate, flour, fragment, grain, granulate, granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, groan, growl, grumble, jangle, jar, levigate, mash, masticate, mill, munch, pestle, pound, powder, pulverize, rasp, reduce to powder, rimple, ruckle, ruminate, rumple, scranch, scrape, scratch, screw, shard, shred, smash, snarl, snore, squash, triturate, twang, wrinkle