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scrunged

scrunged is the simple past and past participle of scrunge.

Meaning of scrunge

Verb (1)

scrunge (third-person singular simple present scrunges, present participle scrunging, simple past and past participle scrunged)

  1. To scour (search) desperately for resources such as food or equipment.
    • Hey, wait for me while I scrunge the breakroom.

Verb (2)

scrunge (third-person singular simple present scrunges, present participle scrunging, simple past and past participle scrunged)

  1. To squeeze; to scrunch.
    • I feels th' coal scrunge as I come down an' the exhaust steam hisses as we strikes.1906, Richard Hayes Barry, Sandy from the Sierras, page 172

Verb (3)

scrunge (third-person singular simple present scrunges, present participle scrunging, simple past and past participle scrunged)

  1. To make or become scrungy.
    • Can ' t get my million - dollar paws scrunged up .1976, Mary Anderson, F*T*C Superstar, page 125

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Questions about scrunged

What is scrunged the simple past and past participle of?
Scrunged is the simple past and past participle of scrunge.

Words near scrunged in the dictionary

  1. scrunchy mama
  2. scrunchy mamas
  3. scrunchy mom
  4. scrunchy moms
  5. scrunge
  6. scrunged
  7. scrunges
  8. scrungier
  9. scrungiest
  10. scrunging
  11. scrunglier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrunged (page history and authors); scrunge (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.

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