(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ something, you squeeze it or bend it so that it is no longer in its natural shape and is often crushed.
Her father ~ed his nose...
Her mother was sitting bolt upright, ~ing her white cotton gloves into a ball.
VERB: V n, V n into n; PHRASAL VERB
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Scrunch up means the same as ~ .
She ~ed up three pages of notes and threw them in the bin...
I ~ed my hat up in my pocket.
V P n (not pron), V n P