Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scrunge

/skɹʌnd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scrunge
IPA: /skɹʌnd͡ʒ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inauthentic form of grunge music.

Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A shot where the wink enters the pot but bounces out again.

verb

To scour (search) desperately for resources such as food or equipment.

verb

To squeeze; to scrunch.

noun

Scunge; muck; a disgusting and (usually) semiliquid substance.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A scruffy and impoverished individual.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To make or become scrungy.

Example Sentences

"[…] Sun to Sun sure gives the current crop of jingle-jangle scrunge bands the kick in the ass they deserve."
"Hey, wait for me while I scrunge the breakroom."
"For myself, I scrunged a lift in a handsome car to Swiss Cottage and proceeded to buy a camp bed, which, owing to strike demands, Selfridge's were unable to supply."
"I was still at Kitt Peak at the time and I scrunged around to find one."
"In the Fifties — in the far past, let us say — you had to scrunge for money for arts projects, unless you were exceptionally well connected: you courted individual patrons, if you had the knack; you married well, or well enough, as some poets still do; you "did without", you "saved" and then went broke."
"I feels th' coal scrunge as I come down an' the exhaust steam hisses as we strikes."

Etymology

Probably a corruption of scrounge.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

scrunges (plural) scrunges (present, singular) scrunging (participle, present) scrunged (participle, past) scrunged (past)

Rhymes With

sponge plunge grunge lunge expunge longe gunge clunge munge blunge disponge

Questions

How do you pronounce scrunge?: The recorded pronunciation is /skɹʌnd͡ʒ/.
What does scrunge mean?: An inauthentic form of grunge music.
Where does scrunge come from?: Probably a corruption of scrounge.

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