scranch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

scranch scranches scranching scranched scraunch

Etymology

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

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