"scranch" meaning in English

See scranch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: scranches [present, singular, third-person], scranching [participle, present], scranched [participle, past], scranched [past]
Etymology: Compare Dutch schransen (“to eat greedily”), German schranzen. Compare crunch, scrunch. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|nl|schransen||to eat greedily}} Dutch schransen (“to eat greedily”), {{uder|en|de|schranzen}} German schranzen Head templates: {{en-verb}} scranch (third-person singular simple present scranches, present participle scranching, simple past and past participle scranched)
  1. (transitive, archaic) To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to crunch. Tags: archaic, transitive Synonyms: scraunch
    Sense id: en-scranch-en-verb-6YpZAWAl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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