scrunch up

• Verbo frasal utilizado para indicar la acción de apretar, comprimir o arrugar algo hasta darle una forma compacta, o para contraer los rasgos faciales.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of crushing, squeezing, or wrinkling something into a compact shape, or to contract one's facial features.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Crush or squeezeinformal

   To press or squeeze something into a smaller, wrinkled, or compact shape.

   Apretar o estrujar

   • She scrunched up the paper and threw it in the bin.
   • He scrunched up his face in confusion.
   • The child scrunched up the wrapper and tossed it away.

   Sinónimoscompresscrinklecrumplecrushmashpressrumplesquashsqueezewad

   Antónimosflattensmoothspread

2. Crumple or wrinkleinformal

   To cause something to become wrinkled or creased, especially fabric or paper.

   arrugar o apretujar

   • Don't scrunch up your shirt; hang it properly.
   • She scrunched up the napkin after the meal.
   • The letter was scrunched up in his pocket.

   Sinónimoscreasecrumplecrushpuckerrumplescrew upwrinkle

   Antónimosflattenironsmooth

Verbo basescrunch