"scrunch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /skɹʌnt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrunch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scrunches [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌntʃ Etymology: Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch. Etymology templates: {{m|en|crunch}} crunch, {{blend|en|squeeze|crunch|nocap=1}} blend of squeeze + crunch Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrunch (plural scrunches)
  1. A crunching noise. Categories (topical): Sounds Translations (crunching noise): knase (Danish), mase (Danish), apertar (Portuguese), knaster [neuter] (Swedish), krasande [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-scrunch-en-noun-DWzUXPSS Disambiguation of Sounds: 25 25 28 23 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 21 24 30 25

Verb [English]

IPA: /skɹʌnt͡ʃ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrunch.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scrunches [present, singular, third-person], scrunching [participle, present], scrunched [participle, past], scrunched [past]
Rhymes: -ʌntʃ Etymology: Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch. Etymology templates: {{m|en|crunch}} crunch, {{blend|en|squeeze|crunch|nocap=1}} blend of squeeze + crunch Head templates: {{en-verb}} scrunch (third-person singular simple present scrunches, present participle scrunching, simple past and past participle scrunched)
  1. (transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-scrunch-en-verb-o0VQSFqB Disambiguation of Sounds: 25 25 28 23 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English blends: 21 24 30 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 11 47 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 20 38 39 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 7 23 34 36
  2. (transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
    (with object "one's face") To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc.
    Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-scrunch-en-verb-hEZ1SCXK Disambiguation of Sounds: 25 25 28 23 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English blends: 21 24 30 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 11 47 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 20 38 39 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 7 23 34 36
  3. Alternative form of scranch Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: scranch Categories (topical): Sounds
    Sense id: en-scrunch-en-verb-2Ar0t8WC Disambiguation of Sounds: 25 25 28 23 Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias Disambiguation of English blends: 21 24 30 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 11 47 40 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 20 38 39 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 7 23 34 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: scrunchie, scrunch up Translations (crumple): mase (Danish), rukka saman (Faroese), knüllen (German), zerknüllen (German), zusammenknüllen (German), zerknautschen (German), zusammenknautschen (German), compattare (Italian), accartocciare (Italian), kopenu (Maori), arrugar (Spanish), knyckla ihop (Swedish), skrynkla ihop (Swedish), krossa (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'crumple': 47 47 6

Inflected forms

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      "word": "mase"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "rukka saman"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "knüllen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "zerknüllen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "zusammenknüllen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "zerknautschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "zusammenknautschen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "compattare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "accartocciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "kopenu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "arrugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "knyckla ihop"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "skrynkla ihop"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crumple",
      "word": "krossa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scrunch"
}

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    "English blends",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English onomatopoeias",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌntʃ",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌntʃ/1 syllable",
    "en:Sounds"
  ],
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        "2": "crunch"
      },
      "expansion": "crunch",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "squeeze",
        "3": "crunch",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "blend of squeeze + crunch",
      "name": "blend"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attested since about 1800. Probably an intensive form of crunch; ultimately derived from the onomatopoeia of a crumpling sound; or perhaps a blend of squeeze + crunch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "scrunches",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "A crunching noise."
      ],
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        [
          "crunch",
          "crunch"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/skɹʌnt͡ʃ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌntʃ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "crunching noise",
      "word": "knase"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "crunching noise",
      "word": "mase"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "crunching noise",
      "word": "apertar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crunching noise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "knaster"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "crunching noise",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "krasande"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scrunch"
}

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