scrunch up

verb

1. sit on one’s heels; “In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting”; “The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm”

   Synonyms

   • squat, crouch, scrunch, hunker, hunker down

   Less specific

   • sit, sit down

2. make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; “The dress got wrinkled”; “crease the paper like this to make a crane”

   Synonyms

   • wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, crisp

   Less specific

   • fold, fold up, turn up

   More specific

   • pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit, pucker, ruck, ruck up