scrooch

American  

[skrooch] / skrutʃ /

Or scrootch

verb (used without object)

Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

1. to crouch, squeeze, or huddle (usually followed by down, in, orup ).

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scrooch British  

/ skruːtʃ /

verb

1. dialect to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching

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Etymology

Origin of scrooch

1835–45; apparently variant of scrouge, influenced in meaning by crouch

Example Sentences

"Scrooch low!" he whispered, "and follow me as softly as you can."

From Project Gutenberg

"Well,—I'm not going to sit here gazing at that cake another minute,—please give me a slice, Nancy, sugar-pie, lambkin,—just a wee little scrooch of it," begged Alma, snuffing the handsome chocolate masterpiece of Nancy's culinary skill.

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“All ye’ve got to do, Patsy, is to be puttin’ your boots beside your chair onct more, an’ them legs will scrooch comfortably into them an’ never haunt ye again.

From Project Gutenberg

He scrooch down dis a way, so he kin look in de suller." said Julius, bending forward until his back was nearly on a level with the gunwales of the boat, "an' I whack him behine de ear, an' he drap so quick he don't know what hit him.

From Project Gutenberg

Can't you make him scrooch a little?

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