scrunch C2+ Topic:Senses & Perception US /skrʌntʃ/ UK /skrʌntʃ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 verb to crush or crumple, or to make a crunching sound She scrunched the letter into a ball and threw it away. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to crush or crumple, or to... crumplecrushcrinklesquashscrumplecrunch ↔ Opposites smoothflattenstraighten Word family Derived forms scruncherscrunchy Related forms crunchscrunchie Etymology AI details Early 19th century, of imitative origin, a variant of 'crunch' (or 'scrounge'), expressing a crushing or grinding sound. scrunch onomatopoeic View etymology graph -> Topics Senses & Perception External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # scrunch **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /skrʌntʃ/ **IPA (UK):** /skrʌntʃ/ ## Meanings 1. to crush or crumple, or to make a crunching sound ## Examples - She scrunched the letter into a ball and threw it away. ## Synonyms - crumple - crush - crinkle - squash - scrumple - crunch ## Antonyms - smooth - flatten - straighten ## Derived Forms - scruncher - scrunchy ## Related Forms - crunch - scrunchie ## Roots and Affixes - Root: scrunch ## Etymology Early 19th century, of imitative origin, a variant of 'crunch' (or 'scrounge'), expressing a crushing or grinding sound. ## AI Etymology Scrunch belongs to early 19th century, of imitative origin, a variant of 'crunch' (or 'scrounge'), expressing a crushing or grinding sound. The historical chain includes onomatopoeic scrunch. The quoted older senses, "crunch" and "scrounge", supply the semantic anchors for scrunch. In present English it is used as a verb, "to crush or crumple, or to make a crunching sound". English derivatives include scruncher and scrunchy; related English forms include crunch and scrunchie. The result is a verb and noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Senses & Perception markdown