to scrunch
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5.5
- verb
- /skrʌnʧ/
- Informal
:
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- He likes to scrunch the paper into a ball before tossing it into the trash.
So I'm going to lift a chunk of my hair and spray that throughout and really scrunch it in there.
- So I'm going to lift a chunk of my hair and spray that throughout and really scrunch it in there.
- Like my hair I let air dry because I thought like maybe it'll be like Beachy and cute and I can scrunch it.
- You know, I just kind of like to scrunch it up a little bit, give it some give it some life, you know, so it's not too stiff.
- The vessels and the capillaries that they all scrunched up and they forced the blood back down into the core of the body.
- Get the Forte series sea salt spray, spray it on, scrunch it up one more time and let it dry.
- Next we're going to wet a nice wig under the sink and take some redkin Hairspray, scrunch up the hair with a nice crunchy effect, blow dry it with a GHD iron.
- But again, just remembering to scrunch and scrunch, scrunch, scrunch.
- So if, if, if, if you're here and then you're able to scrunch up space.
Examples
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Get the Forte series sea salt spray, spray it on, scrunch it up one more time and let it dry.
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So I'm going to add a little bit of this hairstyling cream just like that, basically scrunching my hair again, creating that definition, creating those curls.
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But instead, how do you scrunch it?
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Therefore I just spray them with water and scrunch, scrunch, scrunch.
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You fold and scrunch with the fabric.
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He would scrunch up my lunch bag every day.
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Lily took off her shoes and scrunched her toes into the newly mowed grass.
Fiction book (1999) -
Willie was surprised by his classmates' scrunched faces and sour looks.
Fiction book (2001) -
"You smelled something," the principal said, scrunching his nose and sniffing hard.
Fiction book (2002) -
I remember holding myself all scrunched up, my chin tucked low, shivering.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
121
1.4
To press or crush something until it becomes soft
56
2.1
To make a small fold in cloth, paper, or skin
55
2.0
To press something hard so it becomes flat and loses its shape
29
3.4
Get folded and wrinkled when pressed, like paper or cloth
25
5.2
To make small wrinkles in skin or cloth
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3.2
To press something until it becomes flat or out of shape
18
2.3
To make a line in cloth or paper by folding it
12
3.7
Form small lines on paper, skin, or cloth
6
5.4
To make clothes or hair wrinkled and messy
4
7.5
To squash something so it becomes flat or changes shape
4
7.9
To press something so it becomes flat or misshapen
3
4.2
To bring the eyebrows together to make small lines on the forehead
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4.1
To press something so it becomes wrinkled, for example paper or your face
1
9.6
To form wrinkles or folds in cloth
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4.2
To make a smooth surface uneven or wrinkled
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8.2
To press something until it becomes flat or loses its shape
1
7.1
Press something hard so it loses its shape
To become wrinkled and folded into small ridges
To make small folds in cloth by pressing or gathering it
To press people or things together so they fit in a small space
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
1
4.1
To press something so it becomes wrinkled, for example paper or your face
How Wrinkled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scrunch comes from the same sound idea as crunch, with scr- suggesting a rubbing action like scratch, so it feels like folding or crushing. That's why to 'scrunch' paper or a shirt is to squeeze it into wrinkles and folds.