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.

 

USAGE:

“Sancho fell to, without invitation, and champed his bits in the dark,
as if he had scraunched knotted cords.”
Miguel de Cervantes (translation: Thomas Shelton); Don Quixote; 1620.

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