scrunch

1. 1.

   a crunching noise

   Broadernoise

Other forms of scrunch

plural

scrunches·

past tense

scrunched·

present participle

scrunching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scrunch

What does scrunch mean?

scrunch means "make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scrunch?

scrunch has 1 syllable: scrunch. In IPA it is /ˈskɹʌntʃ/.

What is another word for scrunch?

Close synonyms include crump, thud, squat, crouch, scrunch up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scrunch a common word?

scrunch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.