to scraunch

Examples

• All

• The old carriage wheels scraunched over the pebbled driveway, breaking the morning silence.

• Gravel scraunched beneath our tires as we pulled into the country lane.

• He scraunched the leaves underfoot.

• I love to scraunch on fresh snow.

• Gravel scraunched beneath our tires as we pulled into the country lane.

• The old carriage wheels scraunched over the pebbled driveway, breaking the morning silence.

• She hated the way his boots scraunched through the frost on winter mornings.

Synonyms

C

to crunch

vsto scraunch

28 1.8

To bite or step on something so it breaks with a loud, sharp sound

limits meaning to loud harsh crushing noises from treading rather than mouth action

S

to scranch

vsto scraunch

• Archaic

9.9

A loud crushing sound you hear when you step on hard loose things like snow or gravel

emphasizes harsh crushing noise often caused by treading on something

C

to craunch

vsto scraunch

9.9

To press something hard so it makes a loud crunching sound

focuses on loud harsh noise produced by treading or heavy pressure

C

to cranch

vsto scraunch

• Archaic

9.9

To make a loud crunching sound when something is pressed or walked on

is about loud harsh noise mainly from stepping or strong pressure

Antonyms

W

to whisper

586 1.0

To speak very quietly using only breath so one person can hear

How Harsh

to grind

33 4.8

to scraunch

• UK

9.9

scrape

9 3.2

crunch

43 1.3

Surface Forms

Etymology