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

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scrooch

When they put out a hand to feel her condition she would "scrooch" down her back, or bend this way or that, as if the hand were a branding iron.

From The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 by Various

When they put out a hand to feel her condition she would "scrooch" down her back, or bend this way or that, as if the hand were a branding-iron.

From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by John Burroughs

"The battle's on now, to a finish," muttered Fran despondently, "yet here I sit, and here I scrooch."

From Fran by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis

“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 Leerie by Ruth Sawyer

Before I could see what would happen next, Mister Shepherd pulled me back from the aisle and had me scrooch down under a bench.

From Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! by Jewell Ellen Smith