scranch

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verb

To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to crunch.

Similar
crunchscraunchcrackle
OriginDutch schransen ← German schranzen →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person scranches · participle present scranching · participle past scranched · past scranched · alternative scraunch

  1. archaictransitiveTo grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to crunch.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake a crushing noise

Similar
crunchscraunchcrackle
Broader
make noiseresoundnoise
Also see
cracklecrunch

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Germanschranzen
  2. Dutchschransen“to eat greedily”
  3. Englishscranch

Compare Dutch schransen (“to eat greedily”), German schranzen. Compare crunch, scrunch.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scranch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scranch.

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