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scrunch up

scrunch up verb: to scrunch one's face or a part of one's face.

Verb

scrunch up (third-person singular simple present scrunches up, present participle scrunching up, simple past and past participle scrunched up)

  1. (informal, transitive) To scrunch one's face or a part of one's face.
    • He scrunched up his nose.

Forms of scrunch up

third-person singular presentscrunches up
present participlescrunching up
past participlescrunched up
pastscrunched up

Questions about scrunch up

What does scrunch up mean?
Scrunch up means to scrunch one's face or a part of one's face.
What part of speech is scrunch up?
Scrunch up is a verb.
What is the past tense of scrunch up?
The past tense of scrunch up is scrunched up.

Words near scrunch up in the dictionary

  1. scrums
  2. scrums up
  3. scrumtrelescent
  4. scrumtrulescent
  5. scrunch
  6. scrunch up
  7. scrunchable
  8. scrunched
  9. scrunched up
  10. scruncheon
  11. scruncheons

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