scrunchverb
uk/skrʌntʃ/us/skrʌntʃ/scrunch verb (MAKE A NOISE)
[ I or T ] to make the noise produced by hard things being pressed together, or to press hard things together so that they make a noise:
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- ting
- twang
- whine
- whistle
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scrunch verb (CRUSH)
[ T ] to crush material such as paper or cloth into a rough ball in the hand:
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Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compress
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- crush
- depress
- firm
- gnash your teeth idiom
- grind
- ground
- mill
- pack
- pinch
- pound
- pulp
- pulverize
- shut
- shut sth in sth
- squeeze
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scrunch verb (MAKE SMALL)
[ I or T, + adv/prep ] to make something or yourself smaller to fit into a small space:
[ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to make your face or part of your face into a tight shape in order to show an emotion, or to go into a tight shape that expresses an emotion:
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Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double (sb) up/over
- huddle
- huddled
- hunch
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (sth)
- slouch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl
- stoop
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