scrunch

verb

1. To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

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

2. 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.

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

3. Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

   Similar: crump, thud

4. Sit on one's heels

   “In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting”

   “The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm”

   Similar: squat, crouch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down

5. Make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic

   “The dress got wrinkled”

   “crease the paper like this to make a crane”

   Similar: wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch up, crisp

Alternative form of scranch

noun

1. A crunching noise.