Scrânch, v. t.

[imp. & p. p. SCRANCHED (skrâncht); p. pr. & vb. n. SCRANCHING.] [Ger. schranzen, schrânzen, to split, to tear, to eat greedily, O. D. schrantzen, to break, tear, chew; N. D. schrunzen, to eat greedily.] To grind with the teeth, and with a crackling sound; to craunch. [Prov. Eng. Colloq. U. S.]