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scrunchie

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈskɹʌnt͡ʃi/
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  • rhymes with -ʌntʃi

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small elasticated ring of fabric placed around long hair to hold it in place behind the head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gogo

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

By reanalysis as scrunch + -ie from the brand name of the originator product, Scünci, which was a marketing-department alteration of the earliest name, Scunci, after the inventor's dog; more in Wikipedia at scrunchie § History.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُكْلَة (bukla) — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Bulgarian: ла́стичка за коса́ (lástička za kosá) — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Bulgarian: ла́стичка (lástička) — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Bulgarian: ла́стик за коса́ (lástik za kosá) — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Bulgarian: скръ́нчи (skrǎ́nči) — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Chinese Mandarin: 髮圈 /发圈 (fàquān) — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大腸圈束 /大肠圈束 — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Czech: gumička — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Estonian: patsikumm — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Estonian: juuksekumm — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Finnish: hiuslenkki — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Finnish: donitsi — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • French: chouchou — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • German: Haargummi — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • German: Haarband — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Hungarian: hajgumi — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Irish: lúbán — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Japanese: シュシュ (shushu) — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Korean: 스크런치 (seukeureonchi) — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Polish: frotka — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Polish: gumka — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Portuguese: xuxinha — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Russian: рези́нка (rezínka) — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Spanish: coletero — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Spanish: moña — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Spanish: picarón — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Swedish: hårsnodd — small elasticated ring of fabric
  • Ukrainian: гумка для волосся (humka dlja volossja) — small elasticated ring of fabric