scrunch

1 to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry Synonyms of scrunch crinkle, rumple, crumple, wrinkleWords Related to scrunch corrugate, crease, crimp, fold, pleat, pucker, ruck; crisp, ripple, ruffle; contract, furrow, knit; mess (up), muss (up)Near Antonyms of scrunch even, iron, press, straighten; unfold; neaten, tidyAntonyms of scrunch flatten, iron out, smooth, smoothen, uncrumple

2 to lie low with the limbs close to the body the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass Synonyms of scrunch couch, huddle, hunch, hunker (down), crouch, squat, squinchWords Related to scrunch curl up

3 to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound scrunched loose gravel with every footstep Synonyms of scrunch crunch, gnash, grate, grit, scrape, grindWords Related to scrunch creak, groan, moan, rasp, scratch, whine; clash, collide, jangle, jar