Scrunt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /skɹʌnt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Scrunt is a noun meaning An abrupt, high-pitched sound.
Meaning
An abrupt, high-pitched sound.
More Meanings
- A beggar or destitute person.
- To beg or scrounge.
Example Sentences
On the other hand in countries where people scrunt to live, the birth rate is high.
And without my work what am I but an unemployed scrunt on the meat market of the streets?
Four out of every five women are forced to stay at home or scrunt for a meagre existence.
It's a fine, ennobling thing, is poverty. It would make me a brutal scrunt, and you a whinging harridan in three years.
Word Forms
- scrunts
- scrunting
- scrunted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scrunch, screech, scritch, craunch, scree, skrike.
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