scranch

2 definitions found

scranch - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scranch \Scranch\, v. 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.]
     [1913 Webster]

scranch - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  scranch
      v 1: make a crushing noise; "his shoes were crunching on the
           gravel" [syn: crunch, scranch, scraunch, crackle]