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Webster 1913 Edition

Scranch

Scranch

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scranched
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Scranching
.]
[Cf. D.
schransen
to eat greedily, G.
schranzen
. Cf.
Crunch
,
Scrunch
.]
To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Scranch

SCR'ANCH

, v.t.
To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [This is in vulgar use in America.]

Definition 2025

scranch

scranch

English

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch.

Etymology

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

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