🧺 To crush or wrinkle 🧎 To squat down 🔧 To make harsh noise 🍏 A crunching noise

scrunch

1 6.4

A sharp crunching sound like when you bite an apple or walk on snow

noun
/skrʌntʃ/

: crujido

He enjoyed the satisfying scrunch of the gravel beneath his shoes as he strolled through the garden.
a steady scrunch

Examples

But you perceive a regular scrunch.

Fiction book (2000)
My fingers probed the inner pocket of my mac, reassured by the scrunch of the envelope from Scot-Search.

Fiction book (1992)
As she walked through the fallen leaves, the delightful scrunch under her feet reminded her of autumn days.
The scrunch of the paper made it clear that someone had been looking for something important.

Synonyms

crepitation

vsscrunch

Specialized

1 9.8

A sharp crackling sound made when things rub or snap

is a heavier crushing noise produced by compressing or treading on things

Antonyms

silence

660 2.0

A period with no sound or speech

softness

1 1.6

A quiet, gentle sound, like a whisper or soft music

How Loud

to crash

71 2.4

scrunch

1 6.4

murmur

36 4.1

rustle

12 4.4

Surface Forms

scrunch singular

scrunches plural

Etymology

Scrunch is a sound word that mixes scr- (as in scratch) with crunch, copying the sharp noise of crushing or treading on something. So a 'scrunch' is the quick, crushing sound you hear when you bite an apple or walk on gravel.