SCRANCH

crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle

(verb) make a crushing noise; “his shoes were crunching on the gravel”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

scranch (third-person singular simple present scranches, present participle scranching, simple past and past participle scranched)

(transitive) To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.

Source: Wiktionary


Scranch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scranched; p. pr. & vb. n. Scranching.] Etym: [Cf. D. schransen to eat greedily, G. schranzen. Cf. Crunch, Scrunch.]

Definition: To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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