scrinchy

comparative more scrinchy · superlative most scrinchy

1. informalscrunchy; creased or wrinkled

   She is making that scrinchy face again […]

   2005, Rowing News, volume 11, number 12, page 94

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   The bright-browed man chuckled, then did his scrinchy eyeball thing again.

   2001, Robert Dunn, Pink Cadillac, page 147

2. informalstingy, miserly

   And to me alone he said, "Just meeting the taxes ain't easy." "Don't be scrinchy, Father," Lisa said. "Momma needs for that stone to be there."

   2000, Merle Drown, The Suburbs of Heaven, page 19

3. informalpoky, small, cramped

   Jonathan's dad, Tom, lives in this scrinchy, little farmhouse in the country, lives here with his two monster hounds, who lie now sleeping at Ruby's feet.

   2017, Linda McCullough Moore, An Episode of Grace