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SCRAUNCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scraunch mean? 

SCRAUNCH (verb)
  The verb SCRAUNCH has 1 sense:

1. make a crushing noiseplay

  Familiarity information: SCRAUNCH used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SCRAUNCH (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a crushing noise

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

crackle; crunch; scranch; scraunch

Context example:

his shoes were crunching on the gravel

Hypernyms (to "scraunch" is one way to...):

make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scraunch"):

crump; scrunch; thud (make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s


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