Scrunching
Squeezing wavy or curly hair upwards in the hands to encourage curls to form.
Scrunching means cupping sections of damp wavy or curly hair in the palms and squeezing them upwards towards the scalp, often with a styling cream or gel. It helps curls clump and spring up. Once the hair is fully dry, a second scrunch, sometimes called scrunching out the crunch, breaks the stiff cast the gel leaves and leaves soft curls. It is a core step in most curly-hair routines and is often combined with a diffuser.