SCRAUNCH or SCRANCH

PRONUNCIATION: (skrawnch)

MEANING: verb tr.: To crunch, crush, or grind.

ETYMOLOGY: Of imitative origin. Earliest documented use: 1620.

NOTES: The word scraunched is the longest one-syllable word in the English language.
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S.C. RANCH - what they call a hacienda in Greenville

SCRUNCH - to squeeze together so as to take up less space, as on a sofa or car seat

S.C.R. LUNCH - midday meal in the cafeteria of the State Capitol Refectory