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scranch

scranch verb: to grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to crunch.

Verb

scranch (third-person singular simple present scranches, present participle scranching, simple past and past participle scranched)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to crunch.

Forms of scranch

third-person singular presentscranches
present participlescranching
past participlescranched
pastscranched
alternative formscraunch

Origin of scranch

Compare Dutch schransen (“to eat greedily”), German schranzen. Compare crunch, scrunch.

Questions about scranch

What does scranch mean?
Scranch means to grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to crunch.
What part of speech is scranch?
Scranch is a verb.
What is the past tense of scranch?
The past tense of scranch is scranched.

Words near scranch in the dictionary

  1. scramped
  2. scramping
  3. scramps
  4. scrams
  5. scran
  6. scranch
  7. scranched
  8. scranches
  9. scranching
  10. scranky
  11. scranned

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