scrooch

or scrootch

[ skrooch ]

verb (used without object)

, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.

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

scrooch

/ skruːtʃ /

verb

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of scrooch¹

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

Example Sentences

"Page and I feel right scrooch-eyed, but after the first feeding, Dum slept through it all," laughed Dee.

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He kept whispering to the others to be quiet, and to "scrooch" lower, for the Indians are proverbial for their keen sightedness.

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But when the roll-call was taken one of the men was missing--Rifleman Scrooch.

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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.

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