Word.ws English Dictionary

scrunchie

/ˈskɹʌnt͡ʃi/

scrunchie noun: a small elasticated ring of fabric placed around long hair to hold it in place behind the head.

scrunchie: a small elasticated ring of fabric placed around long hair to hold it in place behind the head
Image: Nami-ja, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Noun

scrunchie (plural scrunchies)

  1. A small elasticated ring of fabric placed around long hair to hold it in place behind the head.
    • Mr. Burns: Simpson! You'll rue the day you took a pie tin, made two holes for eyes, and tied a rubber band around the back! / Homer Simpson: It's not a rubber band, it's a Scrunchie!2004, “Simple Simpson”, in The Simpsons, season 15, episode 19 (television production)
    • When he had it all caught in one hand, he said, “What do I put around it?” “A scrunchie.” “A whatie?” “Scrunchie. Don't tell me you don't have a scrunchie.” “I don't even know what the hell a scrunchie is.” “It's what you use to hold up ponytails. Duh.”2012, Linda Howard, To Die For, Hachette UK, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    gogo

Synonyms of scrunchie

Forms of scrunchie

pluralscrunchies
alternative formscrunchy

Origin of scrunchie

By reanalysis as scrunch + -ie from the brand name of the originator product, Scünci, which was a marketing-department alteration of the earliest name, Scunci, after the inventor's dog; more in Wikipedia at scrunchie § History.

Words that rhyme with scrunchie

Questions about scrunchie

What does scrunchie mean?
Scrunchie means a small elasticated ring of fabric placed around long hair to hold it in place behind the head.
What part of speech is scrunchie?
Scrunchie is a noun.
How do you pronounce scrunchie?
Scrunchie is pronounced /ˈskɹʌnt͡ʃi/.
What is the plural of scrunchie?
The plural of scrunchie is scrunchies.

Words near scrunchie in the dictionary

  1. scruncher
  2. scrunchers
  3. scrunches
  4. scrunches up
  5. scrunchi
  6. scrunchie
  7. scrunchier
  8. scrunchies
  9. scrunchiest
  10. scrunchin
  11. scrunching

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scrunchie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrunchie.wav.

Cite this entry: “scrunchie.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/scrunchie. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.