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scrunging

scrunging is the present participle and gerund 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 scrunging

What is scrunging the present participle and gerund of?
Scrunging is the present participle and gerund of scrunge.

Words near scrunging in the dictionary

  1. scrunge
  2. scrunged
  3. scrunges
  4. scrungier
  5. scrungiest
  6. scrunging
  7. scrunglier
  8. scrunglies
  9. scrungliest
  10. scrungly
  11. scrungy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrunging (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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