scrnch.

n.  the cracking of a bone breaking or a joint dislocating.

<Dodging by swerving to the attacker’s right, he grabbed the wrist and with all his strength punched the forearm an inch below the elbow.  With a sickening ‘scrnch’ and a painful scream the elbow was now pointing the wrong direction.  —YoungMokii, Soompi.com.>

n.  the creaking of rusty bedspring coils.

<[My computer is] directly below the bedroom upstairs.  I was playing a game shortly thereafter when I heard the unmistakable *scrnch* *scrnch* *scrnch* of the box springs under their bodies.  I picked up my book and went for the armchair at the bottom of the stairs until I figured they were well finished.  —WaterSpriteFlying, “‘Use Your Inner Voyeur’ He Says,” DearDiary.net.>

Scrnch.

n.  the trademarked name of a data compression program.

scrrrrch.

n.  the screech of skidding automobile tires.

<Scrrrrch!  Kyle’s car skidded to a halt in front of Ranma’s new house, and the pigtailed man immediately jumped out.  —Black Dragon, “Guardian: A Ranma 1/2 Fanfiction.”>

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