Definition of "scrunch"

scrunch

/skɹʌnt͡ʃ/

verb
third-person singular simple present scrunches, present participle scrunching, simple past and past participle scrunched
1. (transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
  Quotations
  […] and the scrunching of ashes under our feet I have often observed to be disagreeable to many.
  1793–1799, Robert Townson, Tracts and Observations in Natural History and Physiology, page 154
  Then I put them under my heel, and scrunched them up, every one.
  1800, Walter Besant, James Rice, With Harp and Crown, page 828
  1. (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.
2. Alternative form of scranch
noun
plural scrunches
1. A crunching noise.