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scrunges

scrunges is the plural of scrunge.

scrunges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrunge.

Meaning of scrunge

Noun (1)

scrunge (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory, slang) An inauthentic form of grunge music.
    • […] Sun to Sun sure gives the current crop of jingle-jangle scrunge bands the kick in the ass they deserve.1996, SPIN, volume 11, number 11, page 24

Noun (2)

scrunge (plural scrunges)

  1. (tiddlywinks) A shot where the wink enters the pot but bounces out again.

Noun (3)

scrunge (countable and uncountable, plural scrunges)

  1. Scunge; muck; a disgusting and (usually) semiliquid substance.
    • Taking the nineteen-pound white Persian into her lap, she kissed his nose, then wiped her lips free of any lingering kitty scrunge with the back of her hand.1992, Echo Heron, Mercy, page 210
  2. A scruffy and impoverished individual.
    • Other existing films, however, show how funny Mabel could be with Chaplin when she played a scrungy fishwife equal in size and scrunge to his drunken tramp.1992, Betty Harper Fussell, Mabel, page 72

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Questions about scrunges

What is scrunges the plural of?
Scrunges is the plural of scrunge.

Words near scrunges in the dictionary

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

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