scrunch
/skrʌntʃ/
verb
- To crush or squeeze something into a smaller, wrinkled, or compact shape.
- He scrunched his nose when he smelled the sour milk.
- The child scrunched the leaves in her hands as she walked through the park.
- She scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it in the trash.
- To make a loud, crunching sound, like stepping on gravel or dry leaves.
- The tires scrunched over the gravel driveway.
- Our boots scrunched on the snowy path.
- I could hear the dry leaves scrunch under her feet.
noun
- A crushing or crunching sound or action.
- The scrunch of the paper made everyone look up.
- We heard the scrunch of footsteps on the icy sidewalk.
- There was a loud scrunch as the car hit the pile of gravel.