scrunching
present participle ofscrunch
scrunch
verb
uk/skrʌntʃ/us/skrʌntʃ/scrunchverb(MAKE A NOISE)
[IorT]
to make thenoiseproducedby hard things beingpressedtogether, or topresshard things together so that they make anoise:
Thepebblesscrunched beneathourfeet.
We scrunchedsnowunderourfeet.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
scrunchverb(CRUSH)
[T]
tocrushmaterialsuch aspaperorclothinto aroughballin thehand:
She scrunched theletterupandthrewit in thebin.
Squeezing and grinding
- compact
- compression
- concertina
- constrict
- constriction
- crush
- depress
- gnashyourteethidiom
- ground
- mill
- noncompressible
- pinch
- pound
- presser
- pulp
- pulverization
- scrunch
- snap
- tamp
- unmilled
scrunchverb(MAKE SMALL)
[IorT,+ adv/prep]
to make something or yourselfsmallertofitinto asmallspace:
Thecatwashiding, scrunchedupunder thesofa.
[IorT,usually+ adv/prep]
to makeyourfaceorpartofyourfaceinto atightshapeinorderto show anemotion, or to go into atightshapethatexpressesanemotion:
He wasredwithangerand hisfacewas all scrunchedup.
Not holding the body upright
- bent double
- bowed
- cower
- crouch
- double
- double(someone)up/over
- huddled
- hunch
- hunched
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around (something)
- scrunch
- slouch
- slump
- slumped
- sprawl
- stoop
- stooped
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Making things more or less smooth or straight
Grimacing and frowning
Examplesofscrunching
scrunching
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
One such gesture isscrunchingyour hand to pull files into a pile.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Police spokespersons explained to the public in media reports that the currency notes were printed on paper and could be easily detected byscrunchingup the note or tearing it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ienie is famous for her giggle, as well as her signature movements likescrunchingher nose when she's angry or raising her shoulders when she's confused.
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- exchange-of-shares
- exchange programme
- exchange programme
- exchange rate
- exchange-rate
- exchange rate exposure
- exchange-rate-exposure
- exchange rate mechanism
- exchange-rate-mechanism
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