scrunch up
Intermediate (B1) informal
To crush or squeeze something tightly together, like squeezing a piece of paper into a ball, or squinting your eyes really tight
"He read the rejection letter once, then scrunched it up and threw it in the bin."
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400 car batteries wired together!!
styropyro · 93:57
other and cause the coil to scrunch up.
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Dungeons & Dragons · 22:26
And you see her little face scrunch up.
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See what we can what we can scrunch up.
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scrunch up, and hold it in a fist for me.
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English with Lucy · 2:22
Then scrunch up your face as tightly as you can like this.