scraunch

An obsolete verb meaning to crush, grind, or crunch noisily; to crush with the teeth.

• 🇩🇪Veralteter Ausdruck für lautes Kauen, Knirschen oder Zermahlen mit den Zähnen; etwas geräuschvoll zerdrücken oder zerkleinern.

1. Make a crushing noise C1 informal

   To produce a loud, harsh, grinding or crushing sound, often by stepping on or compressing something.

   • He scraunched the gravel under his boots as he walked.
   • The old car scraunched to a halt, its brakes grinding.
   • She scraunched the empty can in her hand before throwing it away.

   🇩🇪Knirschen

   Synonyme: crunchcrushgrategrindraspscrapescrunch