scrooch

or scrootch

[ skrooch ]

/ skrutʃ /

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verb (used without object) Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

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

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Origin of scrooch

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

Words nearby scrooch

scroll foot, scrollhead, scroll saw, scrollwork, scrome, scrooch, scrooge, Scrooge, Ebenezer, scroop, scrophulariaceous, scrorp

How to use scrooch in a sentence

"Page and I feel right scrooch-eyed, but after the first feeding, Dum slept through it all," laughed Dee.
At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed
He kept whispering to the others to be quiet, and to "scrooch" lower, for the Indians are proverbial for their keen sightedness.
Wyoming|Edward Sylvester Ellis
But when the roll-call was taken one of the men was missing--Rifleman Scrooch.
A Lively Bit of the Front|Percy F. Westerman
Betty can scrooch down, and I'll be the father, and put leaves on her, and then I'll be a great Injun and fire at her.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for scrooch

scrooch

/ (skruːtʃ) /

verb

Midland English dialect to scratch (the skin) to relieve itching

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