SCRUNCH

scrunch

(noun) a crunching noise

wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp

(verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; ‘crisp’ is archaic; “The dress got wrinkled”; “crease the paper like this to make a crane”

squat, crouch, scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down

(verb) sit on one’s heels; “In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting”; “The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm”

crump, thud, scrunch

(verb) make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

scrunch (third-person singular simple present scrunches, present participle scrunching, simple past and past participle scrunched)

(transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

(with object "one's face") To contract the muscles of one's face so as to draw their facial features together, out of pain, discomfort, uncertainty, etc.

Alternative form of scranch