scrunch

verb

1. (transitive)To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

   “He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.”

   “[…] and the scrunching of ashes under our feet I have often observed to be disagreeable to many.”

   “Then I put them under my heel, and scrunched them up, every one.”

2. (transitive)To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

   “He scrunched his face at his wife's confounding request.”

3. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of scranch.

noun

1. A crunching noise.

   “The watchers knew already that the door was fastened and looked for the unknown to produce a key. Instead, there was a sudden scrunch of iron, a splintering of wood, and the door swung loosely open.”