"scrunkly" meaning in All languages combined

See scrunkly on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /skɹʌŋkli/ [General-American] Forms: scrunklier [comparative], scrunkliest [superlative]
Etymology: Popularized by images shared across social media in late 2020 and early 2021, captioned: "awww the scrunkly 🥰🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 double tap now if you'd scrunkly the when😆". Perhaps a blend of scrunched + crinkly. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|scrunched|crinkly|nocap=1}} blend of scrunched + crinkly Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} scrunkly (comparative scrunklier, superlative scrunkliest)
  1. (Internet slang) Cute in a quirky, scruffy, or dishevelled way. Tags: Internet Synonyms: scrungly
    Sense id: en-scrunkly-en-adj-u1B9NJls
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skrunkly, scrungly, skrungly

Noun [English]

IPA: /skɹʌŋkli/ [General-American] Forms: scrunklies [plural]
Etymology: Popularized by images shared across social media in late 2020 and early 2021, captioned: "awww the scrunkly 🥰🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 double tap now if you'd scrunkly the when😆". Perhaps a blend of scrunched + crinkly. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|scrunched|crinkly|nocap=1}} blend of scrunched + crinkly Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrunkly (plural scrunklies)
  1. (Internet slang, especially fandom slang) A scrunkly person, animal, or thing. Tags: Internet, especially, slang Synonyms: scrungly Related terms: DoggoLingo, eepy, smol
    Sense id: en-scrunkly-en-noun-AXs0ERCF Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English blends: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: skrunkly, scrungly, skrungly

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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